by Francis X. Rocca VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Hours before the start of the conclave that will choose the next pope, the dean of the College of Cardinals celebrated the papacy as a source of unity among Catholics and of evangelization and charitable service to the world. Christ “has established his apostles and among them […]
by Carol Zimmermann VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Centuries ago – prior to mass media – popes and the conclaves to elect them did not have the worldwide attention they do now, a historian told reporters. Jesuit Father Norman Tanner, dean of Church history at Rome’s Pontifical Gregorian University, told reporters March 11 that the papal […]
by Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Despite the rain, thousands of people filled St. Peter’s Square after dark March 12, the first evening of the conclave, to witness the black smoke that signaled the Catholic Church’s 115 cardinal electors had failed, as expected, to elect a pope on the first ballot. The smoke started […]
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by Ed Wilkinson About 150 people showed up on Feb. 26 for a Mass of thanksgiving for the pontificate of Pope Benedict XVI at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Windsor Terrace. Auxiliary Bishop Raymond Chappetto was the main celebrant of the liturgy that was sponsored by the local cluster of parishes. Concelebrants included Msgr. Joseph […]
Still reeling from the destruction of Hurricane Sandy, the Rockaways played host to their annual Queens St. Patrick’s Day Parade on March 2. Bottom right, Parade President Michael Benn interviews Grand Marshal John Ahern. Just above, Msgr. John Brown, pastor of St. Francis de Sales parish, Belle Harbor, which has played a major part in […]
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Chanting the Litany of the Saints, asking a host of holy men and women to help them, the cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel in procession, aware of their enormous responsibility to elect a new pope. Less than half of the 117 cardinals eligible to vote for a successor to Pope Benedict […]
CHICAGO (CNS) – The Chicago Archdiocese has laid off 60 pastoral center employees and must consolidate some of its agencies because of a deficit in the budget of its administrative operations, according to Cardinal Francis E. George. “Like so many other families and institutions, the Archdiocese of Chicago has suffered during the economic downturn of […]
by Ezra Fieser SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (CNS) — Hugo Chavez, a socialist president who transformed Venezuela while acting as chief protagonist in what was one of the worst Catholic Church-government relationships in Latin America, died March 5. He was 58. Chavez died of complications from a respiratory infection nearly two years and four surgeries […]
by Francis X. Rocca VATICAN CITY (CNS) – The period immediately following a pontificate is one of excited speculation, more or less loose, about the identity of the next pope. Though secrecy rules do not forbid cardinals from naming their preferences, custom and prudence effectively do. In any case, as history shows, once the electors […]
