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"Pray for me, that I may not flee for fear of the wolves." —Pope Benedict XVI on the day of his inauguration as Pope, April 24, 2005, in his inauguration homily. The full text, which is important to read, is here. Who exactly the "wolves" are that Benedict refers to has never been clarified Letter [...]
"Whilst in Rome before the 2005 papal conclave, the cardinals who were members of the Saint Gallen Group sent their host Ivo Fürer a card saying: 'We are here together in the spirit of Saint Gallen,' and before the conclave they came together for a talk over dinner. According to an anonymous cardinal's excerpts from whose diary were published [...]
Wednesday, April 22, 2020 Friends, Christ is Risen! Wishing the best to all of you, in this period after Easter. Hoping you are well in this strange time, with the Coronavirus still spreading invisibly, with many countries and businesses on lock down and consequent dramatic declines in economic activity — many, many people face severe financial [...]
" Cardinal Zen has affirmed several times that no Accord [with the Chinese government] would have been better than a 'brutal Accord.' The last three Pontiffs did not share such a position and have supported and accompanied the crafting of the Accord which, at the present, appeared to be the only one possible." —Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re (above left), 86, in a highly [...]
"His appointment is a cover for that other more effective appointment — of Cardinal Sandri — which has been prepared ad hoc to pilot the next conclave . . ." —Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò in a new letter released today entitled "The Faithful Have a Right to Know" "I have a long-standing friendship with Cardinal Sandri [...]
Above, the cover of a new book I have just published. It is the English translation (done by my son, Christopher Hart-Moynihan, an expert in the Italian and Russian languages) of a book-length interview with the thoughtful, learned Hungarian cardinal Peter Erdo, 66 (Erdo will turn 67 in five days, on June 25). Erdo is the [...]
Wednesday, February 20, 2019 "You live in a deranged age, more deranged than usual because in spite of great scientific and technological advances, man has not the faintest idea of who he is or what he is doing." —Walker Percy, an American Catholic writer Tomorrow CNS photo/Paul Haring Tomorrow the long-awaited Vatican "summit" on [...]
Wednesday, September 5, 2018 Letter from a reader Dr. Moynihan, Please continue to keep us updated. I appreciate your letters and read every single word. They're extremely informative and after all of the cover ups and open secrets, we need as much information as possible (...) As a Catholic mother of three young children, I’m irate [...]
