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March 2013

March 27, 2013

Pope Francis’ first general audience: “Holy Week challenges us to step outside ourselves”

A preliminary text from today's appearance, from the Vatican: Dear Brothers and Sisters, On Palm Sunday...

March 27, 2013

Pope Francis as a model of “what it means to be fully human”

An intriguing take on the new pope, from Catholic San Francisco: Pope Francis is offering...

March 26, 2013

Pope’s Holy Thursday Mass: simple, diverse, closed to the media

From the Vatican: The Mass of the Lord's Supper that Pope Francis will celebrate on...

March 26, 2013

Pope Francis to live in Vatican guest house, not papal apartment

From CNS: Pope Francis has decided not to move into the papal apartments in the...

March 26, 2013

Young inmates looking forward to Holy Thursday visit from Pope Francis

And, it turns out, most of them are Muslim. From Zenit: On Holy Thursday, Pope...

March 26, 2013

Vatican releases text for Pope Francis’ Way of the Cross

The text, to be prayed at the Col0sseum on Good Friday, was supervised by a...

March 25, 2013

Will this pope inspire more scientists to become priests?

That's an intriguing thought. In Forbes magazine, John Farrell mulls: A pope who’s also a...

March 24, 2013

Pope Francis’ homily for Palm Sunday: “Children, burial shrouds don’t have pockets”

That's one of the improvised anecdotes that the Holy Father dropped into his remarks today:...

March 23, 2013

Did you ever think you’d see a picture like this?

Two men in white. The story: In a historic meeting, Pope Francis has paid a...

March 22, 2013

“Francis cannot be captured by political categories. He transcends them.”

Robert Moynihan has his take on Pope Francis' important remarks to the diplomatic corps today:...

March 22, 2013

Pope Francis, typical Catholic

You know the type: always has to take his favorite seat, preferably near the back......

March 22, 2013

Where will Pope Francis live? “Let’s wait and see”

John Thavis has some possibilities: Rumors are swirling inside and outside the Vatican about where...

March 22, 2013

“There is no peace without truth!”

Pope Francis this morning addressed diplomats from nearly 200 countries—and John Allen notes a theme...

March 22, 2013

Pope Francis accepts invitation to visit Iraq

Details: As Saint Francis travelled to the East where he met Sultan Malik al-Kamil, so...

March 21, 2013

Is the pope still a Jesuit?

A deacon reader wrote to ask me that question. He said: A priest I know...

March 21, 2013

Vestment alert: Bergoglio in fiddleback

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March 21, 2013

Pope Francis to celebrate Holy Thursday Mass at juvenile prison—UPDATED

Our surprising new pope continues to surprise. From Vatican Radio: It was announced by the...

March 20, 2013

Report: Francis and Bartholomew may travel to Holy Land together

Details: The ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople has invited Pope Francis to travel with him to...

March 20, 2013

Bergoglio’s ministry of mercy: “He was the only Catholic cleric to visit Podestá in the hospital…”

It concerns Jerónimo José Podestá, an Argentine bishop who left the priesthood to marry. One...

March 20, 2013

Pope speaks of ecumenism, the “walk towards unity” and welcomes patriarch as “Andrew”

Some details, from CNS: For the good of all people, the care of the poor...

March 20, 2013

St. Oscar Romero?

Some think his chances have just improved. From CNS: Salvadoran clergy are hopeful that the...

March 20, 2013

“It’s the pope on line 1…”

Get used to it. More than a few people might be hearing that in the...

March 20, 2013

The pope as CEO: a leading management consultant on Pope Francis’ leadership style

An alert reader sent this my way: it's an e-mail from Patrick Lencioni, who runs...

March 20, 2013

As seminarian, Jorge Bergoglio struggled with celibacy

From an interview the new pope gave last year: When I was a seminarian, I...

March 19, 2013

Pope greets Jesuit superior general: “He insisted I treat him like any other Jesuit”

A statement from Jesuit Superior General Father Adolfo Nicholas, following yesterday's meeting with his fellow...

March 19, 2013

Beautiful video: the moment the pope stopped the popemobile

This morning, in the middle of the biggest day of his life, he got out...

March 19, 2013

Pope Francis’ homily at inauguration Mass: “Let us be protectors of creation”

The full text of today's homily, from the Vatican: Dear Brothers and Sisters, I thank...

March 18, 2013

Mass appeal: some details of tomorrow’s papal inauguration—UPDATED

A few choice nuggets: Regarding the beginning of the ceremony, the Pope, once having entered...

March 18, 2013

Letting go: the challenging lessons of Benedict and Francis

As we watch the historic papacy of Francis begin to unfold, and read about his...

March 18, 2013

Archbishop Celli on the media and the new pope

From the Vatican: The President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, Archbishop Claudio Maria...