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Pope Francis will wear a “used” ring
The Deacon's Bench - Mar 18, 2013 at 8:15 am From the CNS Twitter feed: the ring is not one made specially for this occasion. It belonged to Archbishop Macchi, secretary to Paul VI, and it is made of gold-plated silver. (...
There is no ‘liberal’ Catholic social teaching
Catholic Herald - Mar 18, 2013 at 8:13 am Will Hutton, the famous thinker and writer, has written a piece for the Observer, in which he ponders on the spread of enlightenment values, and in a wide ranging survey, has this...
Heads of Roman Curia Provisionally Confirmed
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Mar 18, 2013 at 8:07 am The Vatican announced Friday in a simple statement that the heads and members of the dicasteries of the Roman Curia have been provisionally confirmed. At the beginning of the "...
Francis' 1st Tweet Requests Prayers
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Mar 18, 2013 at 8:00 am Francis sent his first tweet on Sunday. "Dear Friends, I offer my heartfelt thanks and ask you to continue to pray for me," it read.
The first tweet of the new Pontiff was...
Erlandson in Rome: The Angelus tidal wave
OSV Daily Take - Mar 18, 2013 at 7:59 am By Greg ErlandsonI admit I made a mistake. I was taking a distinctly Italian approach to the prospect of attending the first Angelus Address by Pope Francis.Huge crowd overflows...
Audience With Journalists a 'Warm Moment,' Says Vatican Spokesman
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Mar 18, 2013 at 7:56 am Secular and Catholic journalists alike received words of welcome and thanks from Pope Francis on Saturday, just days after his election to the See of Peter. The journalists...
The Holy Father received yesterday evening in Audience:
Rorate Coeli - Mar 18, 2013 at 7:52 am -the Rev. Fr. Adolfo Nicolás Pachón, Superior General of the Society of Jesus. [Bollettino]
Pope Francis is preaching by his behaviour
Catholic Herald - Mar 18, 2013 at 7:47 am In a post in response to my last blog about Pope Francis, James Moriarty asked, “Were you baptised “Francis” or did you simply choose the name later?” The answer is, I was...
Smearing the Pope
Communio - Mar 18, 2013 at 7:35 am The honeymoon was very short-lived: as tools of communication far and wide, the social media gurus are now producing conflicting information about Pope Francis. But if you think I...
Pope Francis in Motion
Communio - Mar 18, 2013 at 7:35 am This is THE funniest thing I've seen on Pope Francis and the cardinals thus far...Brandon Vogt's humor refreshes...in Pope Francis in Motion.h/t to Father John
How to pray without ceasing
Commonweal - Mar 18, 2013 at 7:34 am The following paragraph comes from Augustine’s sermon on Ps 37[38], whose title includes these words: “for a remembrance of the sabbath”; hence a couple of the comments below.
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Is CNN pushing the “Dirty War” story?
GetReligion - Mar 18, 2013 at 7:00 am Suggestions that Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio was morally complicit in the crimes of the Argentine junta during the 1970s “dirty war” have made the rounds of the press following his...
Compendium of the 1961 Revision of the Pontificale Romanum - Part 2.13: The Anointing of the Altar and Consecration Crosses (1961)
New Liturgical Movement - Mar 18, 2013 at 7:00 am In the revision of 1961, the traditional order of the anointing of the altar and that of the consecration crosses (described in the previous article in this series) is reversed....
Preparations Underway for Pope Francis Inaugural Mass
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - Mar 18, 2013 at 6:58 am Tomorrow morning, Pope Francis will mark start of his pontificate with the Inaugural Mass of the “Beginning of the Petrine Ministry of the Bishop of Rome” in St. Peter’s Square...
Consuming Fire
Dominicana - Mar 18, 2013 at 6:30 am Fire mesmerizes man. It dances, moves, fixes our gaze, and attracts us to its warmth and security. Why are we so drawn to fire?
Ancient cultures adored fire, holding it to be the...
Novena of Prayer to Saint Benedict, Day 7
Communio - Mar 18, 2013 at 6:30 am The order of prayerThe holy monk Benedict could not have lived differently from what he taught. (antiphon)Pray Psalm 34: 11-16The prayer of petition to Saint Benedict may be found...
Pope Francis sends out first tweet: “Pray for me”
The Deacon's Bench - Mar 18, 2013 at 6:07 am It isn’t every day that you encounter these kinds of stats on Twitter: 1 TWEET. 1,991,949 FOLLOWERS. But here you go: the first tweet of Pope Francis: Details: Pope Francis made...
In the Vatican, "The Pope of Chaos"
Whispers in the Loggia - Mar 18, 2013 at 6:05 am Notice something different there? (Hint: No Cufflink.)Normally, a detail of the sort would would be seen as frivolous. In the modern papacy, though, symbolism is substance – and...
Bibliography of 2012 Jewish Law Publications Released
The Religion Clause - Mar 18, 2013 at 6:05 am The Association of American Law Schools Section on Jewish Law last week published its March 2013 Newsletter which includes an 11-page bibliography of books and articles on Jewish...
Congressional delegates praise Pope's loving example
EWTN - US Latest News - Mar 18, 2013 at 6:02 am Washington D.C., Mar 18, 2013 / 06:02 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
Members of Congress traveling to the Vatican for the inaugural Mass of Pope Francis praised the new Pontiff as a...
