Italian historian Alberto Melloni. He has written a book on the history of papal conclaves (link). Now he is calling on Pope Francis to change the rules of the next papal conclave... in order to avoid a possible division among the cardinals, and a division in the Church after the conclave... Melloni teaches History of [...]
Papal biographer Peter Seewald on Traditiones Custodes, homosexuality and doctrine... By Nico Spuntoni A remarkable new interview concerning the relationship between Pope Benedict XVI, who died December 31, 2022, and Pope Francis appeared December 27, 2023 on the Italian website, La Nuova Bussola Quotidiana (“The New Daily Compass”). In the interview, German writer Peter Seewald, [...]
By Zenit News/ITV staff Since he became Pope 11 years ago, Francis has covered more than a quarter million miles — but never to Argentina. that could change this year. In the 11 years since Pope Francis assumed the Petrine office, on March 13, 2013, he has never once returned to his homeland, and [...]
We are about to have a live podcast discussing a newly discovered writing of Cardinal Victor Fernandez, which has just been rediscovered and is causing considerable controversy. The podcast will begin in about 20 minutes. Here is the link to watch live on YouTube (link). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXf_LvQbaEg&ab_channel=UrbietOrbiCommunications
Pope Benedict XVI, who died at the age of 94 on December 31 last year, and Peter Seewald, a German writer who worked with Benedict for 25 years to produce a number of book-length interviews which became best-sellers "As a South American and a Jesuit, he (Pope Francis) has erased much of what was precious [...]
Standing on the right, Alessandro Diddi, the prominent Italian defense attorney who changed roles and became the chief prosecutor in the Vatican's "trial of the century." He has now filed a curious appeal against the verdict... Letter #180, 2023, Saturday, December 23: Trial #5 -- After the Guilty Verdicts, Appeals (also by the Prosecutor) On [...]
Pope Francis with Cardinal Angelo Becciu, some years ago. A verdict in Becciu's two-and-a-half-year trial — dubbed by the press the "Vatical trial of the century" — will come tomorrow afternoon, December 16. A final reflection on this trial... “Those who work at the Holy See and the Vatican City State certainly do so faithfully [...]
Andrea Gagliarducci is a young Italian journalist who works steadily, and tirelessly, around the clock, to cover the Vatican. He has become one of the experts on the Vatican trial that is currently entering its final days, as a verdict is expected to be handed down at the end of next week. And he is [...]
Pope Francis with Bishop Domenico Sorrentino of Assisi, Italy. The Assisi bishop will be in Rome on Tuesday, December 5, to award a special "Francis of Assisi and Carlo Acutis" prize Letter #174, 2023, Sunday, December 3: Assisi Prize The bishop of Assisi, Domenico Sorrentino, will be in Rome, in Vatican City, on Tuesday, December [...]
“Love Jesus more than anything. Let His love be enough for you, and you will emerge victorious from all crises, from all difficulties.” —Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State, in a message given today on behalf of Pope Francis, to a group of about 700 seminarians in France on a pilgrimage to Paris (full [...]
