Tag: Pope
Update: Chicago native Cardinal Prevost elected pope, takes name Leo XIV
Cardinal Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops under Pope Francis, was elected the 267th pope May 8 and took the name Pope Leo XIV.
Q&A with Fr Flader: What happens in a conclave?
Fr John Flader explains how preparations are made for a conclave, and what opportunities the world’s cardinals have during a conclave to get to know each other better in order to decide who should be pope.
Pope Francis: A pope of mercy, of the peripheries, and of...
Over his 12-year pontificate Pope Francis unpacked the theme of God's mercy and our need to encounter forgiveness in Jesus Christ.
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.
Evidence for the pope’s infallibility in history
I know that the church defined the infallibility of the pope in the First Vatican Council, but I would like to ask whether there is any evidence before that the church and the pope believed they were infallible.
The Next Pope Book Review: A conclave form guide
In Rugby League and Australian Rules football there is little more delicious than anticipating the annual draft of young talent, and now we have...
Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP reappointed to the Congregation for the Doctrine...
Pope Francis has appointed Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP to a second five-year term on the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. The CDF...
New biography reveals retired pope
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI said 'possible dementia' was one cause for his 2013 resignation.
Confession must never be violated, says Vatican
https://youtu.be/fPyOuQifQpQ
Absolute secrecy of the Confessional
In the light of "a worrying negative prejudice" against the Catholic Church, Pope Francis ordered the publication of a document...
Francis fixes eyes on mother Mary in prayer for a New...
Francis's New Year Message
A new year is a chance for a new start, a time to remember that all people are brothers and sisters...
Aussie-born Princess Mary meets Pope
Aussie-born Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, and husband Prince Frederik, had an audience with Pope Francis, on 8 November at the Vatican.
The royal couple...
