Archbishops

The Cardinal Electors – By Country

Arranged by their Continents or Provenance (graphics by Giuseppe Sabtelli)115 cardinals under the age of 80 assembled in Rome in March to attend the conclave in the Sistine Chapel and to elect the new Pope. (A cardinal from Indonesia was unable to attend due to poor health, and a cardinal from Scotland withdrew for personal reasons.) [...]

“May Christ’s Light Shine Throughout the World”

PHOTO ESSAY EPIPHANY CONSECRATIONS After the consecration Mass, Benedict XVI invited the faithful, gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the Angelus, to pray for the four new bishops At midday on January 6, Solemnity of the Lord’s Epiphany, the Holy Fa­ther appeared at the window of his study to pray the Angelus with the faithful gathered [...]

Ten Things You Should Know About New Head of Papal Household

PHOTO ESSAY EPIPHANY CONSECRATIONS Who is the priest who became Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger’s personal secretary in 2003 and the closest collaborator of the Vicar of Christ in 2005? Archbishop Georg Gänswein lies prostrate during the episcopal ordination Pope Benedict XVI ordained his longtime secretary an archbishop January 6, the Feast of the Epiphany. The [...]

Archbishop Ma Daqin

Within hours of his ordination as Auxiliary Bishop of Shanghai on July 7, 2012, Thaddeus Ma Daqin was taken away by some unknown men sent by the Chinese authorities, and has not been seen in public since. This 54-year-old charismatic priest from Shanghai diocese was ordained bishop with the approval of Pope Benedict and the Chinese [...]

Archbishop Lori takes “fortnight for freedom” to Rome

Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore speaks to journalists at the Foreign Press Club in Rome on June 28. He received the pallium from the Pope the next day in sign of his leadership of the Baltimore archdiocese, where he succeeds Archbishop Edwin O’Brien, who has been made a cardinal and the head of the Knights [...]

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