Pope Paul VI Archives

Reflections on ‘Tettamanzi lesson’ for handicapping papal elections
- Analysis
- August 8, 2017
Italian Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi of Milan, for much of his tenure, was considered a slam-dunk obvious candidate to be pope. In the end, he had no real traction, which illustrates a key insight about papal conclaves: Like most other electoral exercises, sometimes front-runners win, and other times they vanish before your very eyes.
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Italian exorcist to Jesuit leader: No, the devil isn’t just a ‘symbol’
- Catholic News Agency, Global Church
- June 5, 2017
In response to an interview given by Father Arturo Sosa, Superior General of the Society of Jesus about the devil as a symbol, Italian priest and exorcist Father Sante Babolin listed several examples to be offered as proof of the devil’s existence as a real entity.
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Those 29 times presidents and popes have intersected
- Church in the US, Pope/Trump
- May 19, 2017
Ahead of Pope Francis’s May 24 meeting with United States President Donald Trump, it’s worth looking back at previous times popes and presidents have met in person, and what was said about those encounters at the time.
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How Pope Francis and his conservative critics may both be right

Both Pope Francis and his conservative critics are trying to uphold legitimate and important values — reaching out to the world in a pastoral fashion for Francis, clarifying and defending doctrine for the critics. Seeing things from the other’s perspective at least helps us respect where they’re coming from.

Renato Buzzonetti, doctor to four Popes, dies at 92

Renato Buzzonetti, the doctor who looked after four popes, died at the age of 92. Buzzonetti made the first examination after John Paul II was shot in St. Peter’s Square in 1981 and assisted him though Parkinson’s disease. He retired under Pope Benedict XVI.