Tag: Papacy
Letters from Rome #2
Letters from Rome-2025. Reports and Commentary on the Papal Interregnum as the cardinals prepare for the conclave.
Q&A with Fr Flader: Pope Francis’ legacy
Fr Flader answers: Now that Pope Francis has died, what can you tell me about the man and his legacy in the church? I know he has been much criticised, but I personally think he has done much good.
Sydney mourns Pope Francis
UPDATE: People of diverse cultures and all walks of life have gathered at St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney, for prayers and Mass offered for Pope Francis.
In 12 years since election, Francis demonstrates papacy is a mission,...
As Pope Francis marks the 12th anniversary of his election while recovering in the hospital, his biographer, Austen Ivereigh, reflected on the pope's enduring witness.
United in prayer for Pope Francis
Australian Catholics joined people around the world in intensifying their prayers for Pope Francis, whose condition in Rome’s Gemelli Hospital was reported as “severe” into his second week of treatment.
From Doubting Thomas to Doubting Peter?
Ralph Fiennes gives a powerful performance in Conclave, delivering a "homily" that calls for a pope whose faith goes “hand in hand” with doubt. But that’s precisely what Catholics should not want.
Q and A with Fr John Flader: Primacy of Peter in...
Dear Father, I have a friend who can’t accept the Catholic Church’s teaching on the primacy of a Pope. How can I explain this to him?
Pope Francis marks 10th anniversary in Chair of Peter
It was one of the most memorable moments in the recent history of the Catholic Church.
Pope Benedict XVI shocked the world by becoming the...
George Weigel: Papal states had to go
The sesquicentennial of the end of the Papal States is a moment to ponder the workings of divine providence in history.
George Weigel: The Office of Peter and a Church in Mission
The next pope needs, and deserves, the prayerful support of the entire Catholic world
Mons Georg Ratzinger dies at 96
Beloved brother of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI "always showed me the path to take...in difficult situations."
