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Pope’s homily about bishops
Pope Benedict XVI has spoken about the role and duties of bishops in a homily at the consecration five new bishops, on Saturday. Read the full text over at Zenit and in a Dutch translation here. The...
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With apologies for being late, Pope Benedict announces 22 new cardinals
After a busy morning in which he consecrated Archbishops Charles Brown and Marek Solczyński during today’s Epiphany Mass, the Holy Father appeared a bit later than usual for his noon Angelus address....
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Cardinal watch: Cardinal Zen turns 80
As a class of 18 new cardinal electors awaits their creation, the current group falls to 107 as Chinese Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun turns 80 and loses his right to vote in a conclave. The former...
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A lingering question answered
Will or won’t Father Karl Josef Becker be created a cardinal today? Since yesterday, we can safely answer that question with a yes, as the photo below shows. Seated next to Mar George Alencherry, Fr....
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After 66 years, a new bishop
The cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Pinsk Vacant sees, dioceses without a bishop, are not unheard of. At any given time, the worldwide Church has a few dozen of these, as...
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Cardinal watch: Cardinal Shan Kuo-Hsi passes away
After six years battling cancer, Paul Cardinal Shan Kuo-Hsi passed away yesterday. The former archbishop of Kaohsiung’s death leaves 207 members of the College of Cardinals, of whom 119 are electors....
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Synod of Bishops – Day Nine
Opening the thirteenth general congregation on Tuesday morning, Archbishop Nikola Eterovic read a special message from the 90-year-old bishop of Fengxiang in China, Msgr. Lucas Ly Jingfeng, who wrote:...
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Year of Faith – the first 100 days
Archbishop Salvatore Fisichella looks back on the first 100 days of the Year of Faith: “The first reactions revealed great enthusiasm and deep interest, tangible in the flurry of expressions of it on a...
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Martyr for the faith, Bishop Schraven’s case headed to Rome
In the Diocese of Roermond today, Bishop Frans Wiertz officially closed the diocesan phase of the case of Limburg-born Bishop Frans Schraven. The paperwork, documenting the bishop’s life and the...
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Pallium day, new style
On the feast of the two foster fathers of the Church, Saints Peter and Paul, it’s also Pallium day. The new metropolitan archbishops come to Rome to receive the sign of their union with the Holy Father...
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Communist Crucifix?
Pope Francis has received many gifts during his ongoing papal visit to Ecuador, Bolivia and Paraguay, but none drew as much attention as the one he received yesterday from Bolivian President Evo...
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For Scandinavia, a nuncio used to great distances
Pope Francis today appointed a new apostolic nuncio to Sweden and Iceland. These two non-adjacent countries will undoubtedly soon be joined by Finland, Norway and Denmark as the new nuncio’s area of...
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Newspaper dubia? Proper papal interview raises questions
Pope Francis has again given an interview on the current affairs in his pontificate. It is good to see he chose a proper journalist this time: Reuters’ Philip Pullella. The interview is available here,...
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