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March 2013

March 12, 2013

What do Muslims want in the next pope?

An interesting perspective, from Religion News Service: Together, Islam and Catholicism represent about 40 percent...

March 11, 2013

Conclave: it’s not just an election, it’s liturgy, “a prayer from beginning to end”

As we prepare for history to be made, some insight from the Catholic Register in...

March 11, 2013

How the media transformed the papacy

Courtesy Sister Mary Ann Walsh, blogging from Rome for the USCCB: Jesuit Father Norman Tanner...

March 11, 2013

The case for a Dolan papacy: “Evangelization on steroids”

John Allen today looks at three American cardinals who are getting some papal buzz, and...

March 11, 2013

French cardinal: no consensus candidate yet

From John Allen: Journalists are often derided as a fairly un-churched bunch, but yesterday the...

March 11, 2013

Brush up your Latin: the first hint at who is the new pope

From Catholic News Service blog: The first clue to the identity of the new pope...

March 10, 2013

The Donilon brothers: one’s boss is the President, the other’s may be the next pope

Here's something you don't hear about every day. From the Washington Post: Shortly after arriving...

March 10, 2013

What can a pope change? Not as much as some people think.—UPDATED

Ann Rodgers of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette gives some welcome perspective on what is unfolding in...

March 09, 2013

Next pope? Leading Italian paper favors Boston’s Cardinal Sean O’Malley

And John Allen explains why: If the readers of Italy’s paper of record, Corriere della Sera,...

March 09, 2013

Check out this tour of the Casa Santa Marta, where the cardinals will be staying

Want a peek at where the electors will be staying? How about a glimpse inside...

March 09, 2013

Welcome to the first “virtual conclave”

Technology is having a dramatic impact in how the faithful follow the coming election for...

March 09, 2013

On the new pope’s “to do” list: a few ideas

A few suggestions from veteran Vatican watcher John Thavis, in USA TODAY: There's an appetite...

March 08, 2013

What happens when the conclave starts? —UPDATED

Some guidance on what to expect on March 12, from Fr. Thomas Reese: On the...

March 08, 2013

What have the cardinals been doing? One of them explains.

From New York's blogging cardinal archbishop, Timothy Dolan: Every day we each begin with the...

March 08, 2013

Here’s an idea for how to pick the pope…

How about a six-month time out? From today's Letters to the Editor in the New...

March 08, 2013

Lest we forget: Christ left the church in the hands of ignorant humans, not angels

That's one piece of wisdom from an interview by CNS with Nigeria's Cardinal John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan:...

March 07, 2013

Could “The American Pope” become the next pope?

In a profile a couple years ago, "60 Minutes" famously referred to Cardinal Timothy Dolan...

March 07, 2013

And now, a Village People jingle to back Cardinal Tagle for pope…

This has to be a first. Someone has cobbled together a version of "Y.M.C.A" endorsing...

March 06, 2013

Church removes picture of Pope Benedict over his “hurtful statements about the LGBT community”

An interesting development in San Francisco (h/t Creative Minority Report). The pastor at Most Holy...

March 06, 2013

Gag order imposed on cardinals

From the indispensable John Thavis: U.S. cardinals abruptly canceled their planned briefing today, and no...

March 06, 2013

Poll: U.S. Catholics say church is out of touch; most approve of pope’s resignation

From the New York Times: Roman Catholics in the United States say that their church...

March 05, 2013

Ready to hold history: the urns of the conclave

From VIS, some details behind the urns that will hold the votes for pope: The...

March 05, 2013

Meet “the most powerful woman in Rome”

Details: If the leadership of American nuns is the vanguard of a progressive spirit up...

March 05, 2013

“The church knows young Catholics are leaving; I don’t think it knows what to do about it”

From CentreDaily.com in suburban Washington: As the Catholic Church prepares to elect a new pope...

March 05, 2013

Virginia school elects the new pope: Pope Sebastian I

Habemus papam! It happened yesterday at St. Louis School in Arlington, Virginia. In a post,...

March 04, 2013

Rocco balks: “Whispers” writer scraps plans to go to Rome

The latest on the uber-blogger, from Poynter: During an interview this weekend with Philadelphia Inquirer...

March 04, 2013

Pray for Benedict during the Mass—just not out loud

It happened at my parish this weekend -- and no doubt, at countless others around...

March 04, 2013

Cardinals begin pre-conclave meetings

And they have a lot on their plate. Details: Cardinals from around the world gathered...

March 04, 2013

Benedict makes the cover of the New Yorker

Details: This week’s cover by Barry Blitt, “Sic Transit Gloria Mundi,” is not the first...

March 04, 2013

What sort of man are the cardinals looking for in the next pope?

Some ideas, from Chicago's Cardinal Francis George, interviewed by NCR's John Allen. A snip: There’s...