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FaithExplainer
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
Who is in charge? When is the papal funeral? And when is the conclave?
FaithFeatures
Gerard O’Connell
When the cardinals voted to elect Jorge Mario Bergoglio as the 265th successor of St. Peter on the evening of March 13, 2013, few of them imagined what kind of pope he would be.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Just halfway through his period of convalescence, Pope Francis not only appeared on the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica on Easter Sunday to give the Urbi et Orbi blessing—to the city of Rome (“urbi”) and to the world (“orbi”)—but he also drove among the crowd in his jeep.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Asked how he was living this Easter period, given his condition and convalescence, Pope Francis replied, “As best I can!”
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis, 88, will visit Rome’s Regina Coeli prison “in a private way” on Holy Thursday afternoon if his health condition allows it.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
“You don’t do that!” That is what Arturo Sosa, S.J., the superior general of the Jesuits, would say to President Trump about his mass deportation of undocumented migrants if he had the opportunity to meet him.