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.
‘Conclave’ Fact vs. Fiction: What Does the Hit Movie Get Right and Wrong?
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...
One thing the modern Supreme Court can agree on is disagreeing over religion...
With Pierced Hands, Jesus Folded the Last Sign of Death — and Walked Into New Life...
Humanities Syllabus for April: Healing and Purification...
Moving from Lent to Easter may be the hardest transition of the liturgical year. As our 40-day fast gives way to the feasting of our celebration of the Resurrection, we can lose our spiritual focus. Without the urgency of prayer and penance, the joy of Jesus’s victory may pass us by. During the season of Lent, we embraced the Cross...
Warren Hern Retires, Closing One of America’s Most Notorious Late-Term Abortion Clinics...
What’s the difference between classical and modern ‘progressive’ education?
From the USCCB: Liturgical Resources for the Death of Pope Francis...
Looking Back on a Pontificate...
During the March 2013 interregnum following the abdication of Pope Benedict XVI, and in the conclave itself, proponents of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, SJ, as Benedict’s successor described him as an orthodox, tough-minded, courageous reformer who would clean the Vatican’s Augean stables while maintaining the theological and pastoral line that had guided the Church since John Paul II’s election in 1978: dynamic orthodoxy in service to a revitalized proclamation of the Gospel, in a world badly needing the witness and charity of a Church of missionary disciples.
I Know Pain. Christ Gives it Meaning. Francis Helped the World See This...
Pope Francis battled to the end. He fought through his great suffering. The way he died showed the real measure of the man. Amazing how one moment in an 88-year life can be so defining, so inspiring. He didn’t die alone. Jesus was with him till his last breath. Mary, too, watched over him. He showed us how suffering can be noble — how life is still valuable even in the last hours.
I worked for Pope Francis. Here is what he was really like...
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.
Watch: Delivering Mail by Jumping From a Moving Boat...
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...
Watch What It’s Like to Fight a House Fire — From a Firefighter’s GoPro...
He Is Risen! But His Followers Still Suffer in Nigeria...
Happy Easter! Alleluia! Christians around the world are celebrating the miraculous events of almost 2000 years ago: that Jesus of Nazareth was raised to a new and glorious life after having been crucified, dead, and buried. This joyful event was understood as the proof that His seemingly shameful death on a cross was actually the culmination of a life-long sacrifice to God the Father.
113 Cardinal Electors Arrive in Rome — Faithful Keep Vigil Through the Night at St. Peter’s...
The World’s Spiritual Director...
Pope Francis and the Elephant Man...
What Artificial Intelligence and Celebrating Easter Have in Common...
Convicted Cardinal Becciu Claims Conclave Voting Rights; Vatican Said ‘No’...
Pope Francis’ Legacy: A Papacy Rooted in God’s Mercy...
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