During his popemobile ride through St. Peter’s Square before the start of his inaugural Mass today, Pope Francis stopped the vehicle to get down and bless a disabled man in the crowd. Rome Reports has […]
Some of the less-experienced journalists covering the papal conclave were right on the money one week ago. As wrote in my report last Monday, many of these young vaticanisti covering their first conclave believed that […]
Today, the Solemnity of St. Joseph, Pope Francis celebrated the Mass inaugurating his Petrine ministry, receiving the papal pallium and the Fisherman’s Ring. Below is the full text of the Holy Father’s homily, translated by […]
A papal quiz from the Grey Lady! Guess what? Popes John Paul II, Benedict XVI, and Francis don’t disagree a lick on the “key issues” of “same sex marriage”, celibacy, Islam, relationship with Jews, social […]
Robert Moyhnihan, editor of Inside the Vatican, remarks upon a very important bit of information about Pope Francis’s youth: One of the central claims of the Catholic faith is not only that God exists, that […]
Today Pope Francis’ official coat of arms and papal motto were unveiled at a Vatican press conference. The coat of arms is almost identical to the one he used as Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, […]
From Mary Anastasia O’Grady’s March 17th piece in the Wall Street Journal: One might have expected a swell of pride from Argentine officialdom when the news broke that the nation has produced a man so highly esteemed around the […]
The day following the election of the archbishop of Buenos Aires to the papacy, I must have received fifty e-mails from friends and family asking if I knew the man or had any comment on […]
At the end of a Wednesday evening class last semester, one of my students approached me to ask a question. After hesitating somewhat, he proceeded in the following manner: “Professor, I really have enjoyed your […]
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