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Camillo Cardinal Ruini’s 4 Conditions Indispensable for the Good Governance of the Church...
Cardinal Camillo Ruini offers this “prayer” of his for the cardinals who in a few days will enter into conclave to elect the new pope. But he also offers it for the whole Christian people, which the next successor of Peter will have the task of “confirming in the faith.” Ruini, 94, was the cardinal closest to John Paul II, whose vicar he was for the diocese of Rome, as well as president of the Italian episcopal conference. And he was among the great electors and admirers of Benedict XVI, whose value he recalls in this text, but also a limitation: his
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Waking a Pope, the Becciu Test, and Francis and the Freemasons...
I am in Rome. The papal funeral is tomorrow, and it’s crowded here. At least where I am. “Where I am” is the lobby of the Vatican press office, which seems to be struggling a bit under the sheer volume of journalists trying to collect their accreditation. It is a delightfully simple system. A modest-sized folding table with several hundred passes laid out in a rough approximation of alphabetical order...
The Story of the Famous Photo of Pope Francis (Archbishop Bergoglio) on the Buenos Aires Subway...
The Missionary Pope: Francis’ Tireless Effort to Bring Christ to the Margins...
“The next pope,” Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio told his brother cardinals in their 2013 General Congregation meetings six days before they would elect him the 266th Peter, had to be a “man who, from the contemplation and adoration of Jesus Christ, helps the Church to go out of herself to the existential peripheries, who helps her to be a fruitful mother living off the sweet and comforting joy of evangelizing.”
This Sunday: Divine Mercy in 7 Minutes...
Jesus came, ultimately, not just to live for 33 years in one region. He came to live forever, everywhere. This Sunday, the Second Sunday of Easter, Sunday of Divine Mercy, the Church emphasizes that Jesus Christ is still alive — and why. The cross was at the center of Jesus’ life — before and after the crucifixion. We know from John 3:16 why Jesus came...
Is Francis the last pope? The problem with the dubious ‘prophecy’ of St. Malachi ...
You may have heard of St. Malachy, but perhaps not for his holy life. He is a real saint, born in Armagh, Ireland, in 1094, and became the bishop there in 1032. He restored discipline to the Church in Armagh, and he died in 1148 in the arms of his fellow saint, the great Bernard of Clairvaux, a Doctor of the Church.
Cardinal Becciu’s Return? A Test of Nerve and Norms for the Cardinals in the Conclave...
Harvard Catholic Forum: The Saving Truth of Scripture...
This talk at the Harvard Catholic Forum on April 4 highlights the rich and bidirectional relationship between the Old Testament and the New Testament, showing how the saving truth of Holy Scripture is revealed as the foundation on which humanity can fully know itself.
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Why the Transfiguration Is the Key to Understanding the Kingdom of God...
These meditations will look at each of the Luminous Mysteries in terms of their theological significance and their offering of the Kingdom — a share in God’s own divinity and light as “partakers of the Holy Spirit” (Hebrews 6:4). It is by desiring the heavenly goods of the Kingdom which these mysteries offer to us...
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Meet the Conclave: Cardinal Matteo Zuppi...
What 36 Eggs Taught Me About Divine Grace...
Papabile of the Day: Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa...
When Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa heard the news Easter Monday that Pope Francis had died, he immediately cancelled his appointments and packed his bags for Rome. As he was leaving the headquarters of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, where he has led the Catholic flock in the Holy Land for the last decade, a small group of aides, employees and friends gathered outside as he was getting in the car to head to the airport.
Papabile of the Day: Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu...
Why is L.A.’s Cardinal Mahony, of all people, playing such a visible role in Pope Francis’ burial rites?
Cardinal Roger Mahony, the retired archbishop of Los Angeles, will be a controversial participant in Friday’s ceremony to close Pope Francis’ coffin, and Saturday’s papal burial. The 89-year-old cardinal, who in 2013 was briefly relieved of administrative and public duties in the LA archdiocese by his successor in office over his handling of abuse cases, will be among eight cardinals required to attend the April 25 rite in St. Peter’s Basilica to close the pope’s coffin...
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A (Very Short) History of US Presidents Attending Papal Funerals...
Within hours of Pope Francis’ death Easter Monday, President Donald Trump told the world that he plans to attend his funeral.“Melania and I will be going to the funeral of Pope Francis, in Rome. We look forward to being there!” the president said on Truth Social.But not so many popes ago, such an announcement by an American president would have been unthinkable. For most of its history, the U.S. government sent no one to the funeral of the bishop of Rome.
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6 Paradoxes of Francis’ Papacy...
Paradoxical and incomplete: The pontificate of Pope Francis can be summed up in these two words. Only time will tell whether his leadership has given a permanent new direction to the Church; whether its mentality changed fundamentally under his leadership, or whether Francis was the only revolutionary; whether people were meaningfully implementing the changes he wrought, or simply waiting for everything to pass around him.
Cardinal Becciu Wants to Vote in Conclave Despite Being Ineligible...
Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu is insisting he is eligible to vote in the coming conclave despite having resigned from his rights as a cardinal and his subsequent conviction for embezzlement and other crimes which he is currently appealing. In April 22 comments to local Italian media as he left his native Sardinia for Rome for Pope Francis’ funeral, Cardinal Becciu said...
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Humanities Syllabus for April: Healing and Purification...
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