Today: registration due for first Vatican II lecture. Monday, Mar 11, 2013. If you are interested in attending “How Vatican II Changed the Church,” the first session of the Vatican II luncheon series with Edward Hahnenberg, Ph.D., Breen Chair in …
ROME—Preach and they will come, although many will not be worshippers. That was the fate of Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet Sunday when journalists flocked to see him celebrate mass in likely his last public appearance …
By Rev. Lawrence M. Ventline, D.Min. Finances, intrigue, and corruption, among other problems at the highest level of clashing Catholic Church's officials,
As the preparations for conclave entered the final stretch, the chimney that will emit white smoke when a pope is elected was fixed on to the roof of the Sistine chapel on Saturday. A Vatican spokesman, Federico Lombardi, announced, meanwhile, that …
Vatican spokesman Rev. Thomas Rosica says there is “no desire to hasten this process.”
By Nicole Winfield The Associated Press VATICAN CITY The Vatican sought Saturday to quash speculation that divisions among cardinals could drag out the conclave to elect the new pope, while.
ROME (AP) — Vatican-sponsored soccer league matches went ahead as scheduled this weekend on a hill overlooking St. Peter's Basilica. For the 16 teams of seminaries, missionaries and oratories, however, the pre- and …
As you probably know, each day after the voting, the Vatican shoots up a puff of smoke into the air to reveal whether a Pope has been selected or not. Black smoke means no Pope yet. White smoke means there is a Pope.
Preparations at the site of Tuesday's papal conclave include a high-tech scrubbing of the chapel for bugs and electronic monitoring equipment. Wi-Fi will be blocked throughout Vatican City, and cardinals with Twitter and …
S'il n'y a pas de candidats officiels à l'élection du successeur de Benoît XVI à la tête de l'Eglise catholique, plusieurs noms reviennent fréquemment comme "papibile" (pape potentiel) auVatican, où le conclave doit commencer mardi. Ce jour-là, les …