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July 2013

July 22, 2013

A REALLY Great Moment in Journalism: NBC Reporter Anne Thompson Chats with Pope, Asks Him to Bless Medal

If memory serves, Anne Thompson also did the readings at one of the pope's daily...

July 22, 2013

Singing Priests, Weeping Faithful: The Charismatic Church of Brazil

Here's a glimpse at part of the Catholic Church that will be welcoming the pope...

July 10, 2013

Pope Used 20-Year-Old Fiat for Lampedusa Visit

Is this a sign of things to come? From the Los Angeles Times: Pope Francis...

July 10, 2013

Buenos Aires Erects Statue of Pope; Francis Orders It Removed

Attractive, isn't it? Details: A life-size sculpture of Pope Francis was installed yesterday on a...

June 2013

June 28, 2013

Pope Francis: “Dialogue Doesn’t Distance Us from Truth”

From today: "Your presence is the sign of the profound bond that unites the Church...

June 24, 2013

Pope Francis: “Due to Our Common Roots, a Christian Cannot Be Anti-Semitic!”

Details: Pope Francis says due to “our common roots” with the Jewish people, “a Christian...

June 16, 2013

HOG Heaven: Pope Blesses Bikers

Details: Biker culture has come to the Vatican. Pope Francis on Sunday blessed thousands of...

June 14, 2013

Pope Francis: Establish Dialogue with All, “Even Those Who Oppress the Church”

Details: Dialogue, discernment, and frontier: These were the three words that the Pope suggested to...

June 13, 2013

“It Feels Good!”: For First Time as Pope, Francis Celebrates Mass in His Native Spanish

From today's homily: May the Lord grant us the grace to watch our tongues and...

June 07, 2013

When Was the Last Time a Pope Did THIS?—UPDATED

From CNS, tweeting about the pope's meeting with students today: Pope ditches prepared speech saying...

June 06, 2013

Where Will Pope Francis Spend His Summer Vacation?

Turns out it will be a "stay-cation": Pope Francis will remain at the Domus Sanctae...

May 2013

May 30, 2013

Pope Francis Explains Why He Chose to Live Away From the Papal Apartments

Details: Pope Francis has revealed for the first time the reasons for his decision to...

May 28, 2013

For First Time in History, Pope To Lead Worldwide Eucharistic Adoration Next Sunday

From Vatican Radio: From the Cook Islands to Chile, Burkina Faso, Taiwan, Iraq, Bangladesh, the...

May 08, 2013

The Kissing Pope

This pontiff loves to hug and kiss—especially babies, the disabled, the handicapped. Watch some of...

May 06, 2013

“This is not the way the church should function”

A rather startling revelation yesterday from the upper reaches of the Vatican: The Vatican decision...

May 02, 2013

Welcome home

Retired Pope Benedict XVI greets Pope Francis at the Vatican May 2. The 86-year-old retired...

April 2013

April 15, 2013

Pope Francis: Patheos shill?!

Elizabeth Scalia notes the pope tweeted a little something yesterday that sounds uncannily like the...

March 2013

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 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 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

St. Oscar Romero?

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

March 16, 2013

VIDEO: Pope Francis meets the press

If you want a sense of the new pontiff's personality and his thinking, check out...

March 13, 2013

“We are living in a particularly beautiful and intense moment”

Those are the words of Vatican spokesman Fr. Federico Lombardi, from today's briefing to reporters:...

March 13, 2013

Obama on possibility of an American pope: “Bishops in U.S. don’t seem to be taking orders from me”

He spoke with ABC News this morning and in a wide-ranging interview touched on the...

March 13, 2013

What the Vatican needs is a “Hall of Humility”

A worthy idea from the indispensable John Thavis, describing the hallway cardinals passed through on...

March 13, 2013

Covering the conclave: how the Italian press drives the story

How does media coverage of the Vatican work? Some insight from someone who knows, via...

March 13, 2013

What’s in a name? Oddsmakers predict one for the next pope

Maybe another Gregory? Leo? John? See what others are saying: As Catholics around the world watch...

March 12, 2013

Cardinal’s mother hopes he won’t become pope: “He would not be up to the bitchiness of the Vatican”

Bless her. Details: Austrian Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn's elderly mother hopes he won't become pope because...

March 12, 2013

From Cardinal Dolan: “Arrivederci!”

His final blog post before the conclave: I hope the conclave will not go on...

March 12, 2013

It isn’t just the cardinals who are sworn to secrecy

This video from Rome Reports shows some other staffers in the Vatican taking oaths of...