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- Sep 25, 2020
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COVID deniers invoke Pope Benedict, burn image of Francis at Rome rally
- Sep 7, 2020
According to local media reports, there was a significant presence of Catholic traditionalists and conservatives at the demonstration, including protesters who carried a version of the gold-and-white papal flag with an image of Benedict XVI. Another demonstrator who came dressed as a Catholic priest burned a photograph to Pope Francis to applause and cheers.
Medjugorje message expresses Pope Francis’s ‘Marian Classic’
- Aug 4, 2020
Pope Francis has a classically Latin American passion for the Madonna and for popular devotions to her that express the souls of so many cultures on his home continent.
Was his quick trip to Germany Pope Benedict’s last cameo?
- Jun 22, 2020
Retired Pope Benedict XVI, 93, is scheduled to return to Rome Monday morning after a quick trip to Regensburg to visit his ailing brother – a trip which given his own age and desire to keep a low profile, could very well be his last ‘cameo’.
Benedict XVI praises legacy of John Paul II, calling him ‘restorer of the Church’
- May 15, 2020
Pope emeritus Benedict XVI commemorated the centennial of the birth of Karol Wojtyła, who became Pope John Paul II, in an open letter to the Polish people addressed to Cardinal Stanisław Dziwisz, who was the longtime private secretary to the Polish pontiff.
Applying Occam’s razor to the latest “he said-he said” Vatican contretemps
- May 9, 2020
It’s worth pondering whether ordinary human dynamics actually are the best lens through which to view a crossfire between two prominent conservative Catholic prelates over a coronavirus petition.
Vatican seeks to explain absence of aide after book scandal
- Feb 5, 2020
The Vatican sought Wednesday to explain the absence of a key member of Pope Francis’ protocol team following the scandal over a book on priestly celibacy co-written by Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI.
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