Church leaders need to prepare for realities of 'post-peak' restrictions
- Apr 10, 2020
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For idle lockdown hours, a thought experiment: What if there were a conclave now?
- Mar 22, 2020
For those of us fascinated by the Vatican and its vicissitudes, here’s a lockdown-inspired thought experiment: What would happen if Pope Francis were to die or resign right now?
Cardinals Re, Sandri elected to top posts in College of Cardinals
- Jan 27, 2020
Pope Francis has approved the election of Italian Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re as dean of the College of Cardinals and of Argentine Cardinal Leonardo Sandri as the subdean.
Maltese cardinal, patristic scholar, dies at 94
- Dec 31, 2019
Maltese Cardinal Prosper Grech, an Augustinian priest and expert on the fathers of the early church, died Dec. 30 at the Santo Spirito Hospital near the Vatican. He was 94.
Cardinal tainted by abuse scandals steps down as dean, pope sets term limit
- Dec 21, 2019
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of 92-year-old Cardinal Angelo Sodano, who faces questions about his role in various clerical sexual abuse scandals, as Dean of the College of Cardinals.
Brazilian Cardinal Araujo dies at 95
- Oct 10, 2019
Brazilian Cardinal Serafim Fernandes de Araujo, retired archbishop of Belo Horizonte, died Oct. 8 in Brazil at the age of 95.
Pope makes 13 cardinals as he molds a future in his likeness
- Oct 5, 2019
One was exiled to Siberia for anti-Soviet activities. One volunteered to replace one of the six Jesuits gunned down during El Salvador’s civil war. One suffered a demotion in the post-9/11 era as a casualty of the Vatican’s bungled Islam policy.
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