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The key question facing the cardinals, and being addressed in the general congregations taking place this week, is a perennial question: What does the church need at this moment in time?...
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The axiom "he who enters the conclave a pope, leaves a cardinal" is as wrong as it is ubiquitous....
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At Mass on the third day of the Novemdiales in suffrage for Pope Francis, the Cardinal Vicar General for the Diocese of Rome reminds the faithful, as they mourn the late Pope, that death is not the end because ‘The grain must die to bear fruit.’...
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But as the proverbial wisdom here in Italy warns: "He who enters the conclave as pope, leaves it as a cardinal." After Francis — a pope of surprises — one should be prepared for the possibility that a surprise candidate could follow him....
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Pope Francis, who is currently hospitalized at Rome's Gemelli Hospital, convened a consistory in preparation for upcoming canonizations. This assembly of cardinals, which can take several forms, may be gathered to discuss important matters concerning the life of the Catholic Church....
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At his final news conference before leaving the Diocese of San Diego, Cardinal Robert McElroy, the new Archbishop of Washington, D.C., prays for the Pope’s recovery and remembers his appeals on behalf of those suffering around the world....
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When the Vatican daily bulletin arrived last week — making official what everyone expected — that on his 80th birthday, Francis was relieving Schönborn of his duties and allowing him to begin his retirement, I thought back to another scene from the very beginning of this papacy. ...
The key question facing the cardinals, and being addressed in the general congregations taking place this week, is a perennial question: What does the church need at this moment in time?...
The axiom "he who enters the conclave a pope, leaves a cardinal" is as wrong as it is ubiquitous....
At Mass on the third day of the Novemdiales in suffrage for Pope Francis, the Cardinal Vicar General for the Diocese of Rome reminds the faithful, as they mourn the late Pope, that death is not the end because ‘The grain must die to bear fruit.’...
But as the proverbial wisdom here in Italy warns: "He who enters the conclave as pope, leaves it as a cardinal." After Francis — a pope of surprises — one should be prepared for the possibility that a surprise candidate could follow him....
Pope Francis, who is currently hospitalized at Rome's Gemelli Hospital, convened a consistory in preparation for upcoming canonizations. This assembly of cardinals, which can take several forms, may be gathered to discuss important matters concerning the life of the Catholic Church....
At his final news conference before leaving the Diocese of San Diego, Cardinal Robert McElroy, the new Archbishop of Washington, D.C., prays for the Pope’s recovery and remembers his appeals on behalf of those suffering around the world....
When the Vatican daily bulletin arrived last week — making official what everyone expected — that on his 80th birthday, Francis was relieving Schönborn of his duties and allowing him to begin his retirement, I thought back to another scene from the very beginning of this papacy. ...