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In All Things
March 15, 2013
A pastor of small gestures, stories from a dark time, waiting for confirmation
In All Things
March 14, 2013
Papa Francisco cuts a different figure taking the bus with the cardinals back to the Vatican guesthouse after being elected pontiff Wednesday so he could collect his belongings and pay his hotel bill to set an example for other clergy see the report nbsp by Catherine Harmon of the National Catho
In All Things
March 13, 2013
Pray for this Francis here rsquo s some of what faces him White smoke reported at 7 05 p m in Rome 2 05 p m Eastern Daylight Time They have we have a new pope My Pope Alarm application delivered 15 minutes later at 2 20 Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina archbishop of Buenos Aire
In All Things
March 12, 2013
The cardinals filed into the conclave hall as rain fell outside rain good luck on a wedding day a sign of the Holy Spirit in some minds a token of the undeniable tension that has preceded this time of choosing a new pope Later at 7 42 p m Rome time the smoke was black as expected no electio
In All Things
March 11, 2013
Late news is that the discussion in the General Congregation of cardinals went overtime and not everyone got to speak as time ran out The Vatican Press Office said 28 spoke in the last session for a total of 161 the Irish Times reported Among the presentations that was made Monday morning was o
In All Things
March 08, 2013
The number 77 is a bella figura, an American buzz, and the smoke next time The cardinals will celebrate a Mass for the election of a Roman pontiff on Tuesday morning, March 12, in St. Peter’s Basilica and that afternoon will begin the conclave, says a report Friday from Vatican Radio. Needed for
Diarmuid Martin
In All Things
March 07, 2013
The gang’s all here. Cardinal Jean-Baptiste Pham Minh Man, the last elector to arrive, landed in Rome Thursday afternoon, n time to attend the evening session of the General Congregation. EWTN’s David Uebbing quoted the Vatican press secretary, Father Federico Lombardi, as saying: “The Vietnamese
U.S. Cardinal O'Malley arrives for meeting at synod hall in Vatican (CNS photo/Max Rossi, Reuters).
In All Things
March 06, 2013
Watching from so far away, one looks for facts in the daily assertions of news reports and personal opinion. About two quite basic matters, I fear I should have found much less assurance than I have in this space. For one, there is still no date set for the conclave. Perhaps it may not start for
U.S. Cardinals Roger M. Mahony, Francis E. George, Donald W. Wuerl and Daniel N. DiNardo arrive for a general congregation meeting March 5. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
In All Things
March 05, 2013
nbsp A step back My focus is primarily on Catholic sources for the little news there is early in the week For those of us who are most nbsp intensely interested there are a number of small but significant details But even more there is confirmation that some of the issued raised in the genera
Cardinals Luis Tagle of Manila and Ricardo J. Vidal, retired archbishop of Cebu, Philippines, arrive for the first general congregation meeting in the synod hall at the Vatican March 4. (CNS / Paul Haring)
In All Things
March 04, 2013
We have a pope … concept. Amid all our talk about how the problems have weighed on Benedict and embarrassed so many church leaders and aside from the speculation about front-runners to replace the pontiff emeritus, the discussion also turns to the kind of papacy that is needed next. Commonweal’s