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By Chelsea J. Carter, Hada Messia and Richard Allen Greene CNN Vatican City (CNN) — Call him Pope Francis, the pontiff of firsts. When Jorge Bergoglio stepped onto the balcony at the Vatican on Wednesday to reveal himself as the new leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics, he made history as the first non-European pope of the modern era, the first from Latin America, Read More …
By Alex P. Vidal “The future starts today, not tomorrow.” – Pope John Paul II As a former member of Society of Saint Vincent De Paul (SSVP) and Children of Mary (COM), I became familiar with the activities and religious order of the Jesuits or members of the Society of Jesus known for their work in education especially founding of schools, colleges, universities and seminaries; Read More …
By Carol Grisanti, Producer NBC News ROME— Church bells are sounding the alarm for doomsayers and conspiracy theorists here as cardinals convene to elect a new leader for the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics. According to an ancient prediction, this next pope will be the last. That theory dates back more than 900 years to when Malachy O’Morgair, the 12th century Archbishop of Ireland, had a Read More …
At 55, Tagle is the youngest cardinal in the history of the Philippines By Gilbert P. Felongco, Correspondent Gulf News Manila: Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle is among the top ten candidates for the next pope to replace Emeritus Pope Benedict, reports have said. “When it comes to the ten candidates most likely to become the next pope, I agree that Cardinal Tagle’s name is Read More …
Source: IrishTimes.com With Pope Benedict XVI now officially in retirement, Catholic cardinals from around the world today begin the complex, cryptic and uncertain process of picking the next leader of the world’s largest church. Some details are still unclear, owing to Benedict’s break with the tradition that papacies end with a pope’s death, so these “princes of the Church” will first hold an informal session Read More …
By JASON GUTIERREZ Agence France-Presse Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle wants to bring the Catholic Church closer to people, a vision his fans say comes from a genuine passion for helping the poor and one that could make him Asia’s first pope. The 55-year-old cardinal from a working-class family close to Manila is being touted at home and abroad as a genuine chance to succeed Pope Read More …
The following article was published on October 28, 2011 by Ronald L. Conte Jr., a Roman Catholic theologian and Bible translator. Since Pope Benedict XVI’s announcement of his resignation, there has been talks of a Cardinal of African descent to be elected the next Pope. — PERRY DIAZ By Ronald L. Conte Jr. http://ronconte.wordpress.com I believe that we are on the threshold of the first Read More …
Palm trees and umbrella pines frame a view of the giant dome of St Peter’s while the snow-capped Apennines gleam in the distance beyond the terracotta rooftops of Rome. By Nick Squires, Vatican City The Telegraph This is the glorious view that will greet the former Benedict XVI every day when he takes up residence in an ex-nunnery within the ancient walls of the Vatican Read More …
TWO Africans are among the early contenders to succeed Pope Benedict XVI, reflecting the dramatic shift of the Roman Catholic Church to the developing world. By Alex Spillius The Telegraph Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana and Cardinal Francis Arinze of Nigeria are in the frame to become the first ever black pope, certainly in the modern era. With a Canadian, a Honduran and other Latin Read More …
PerryScope By Perry Diaz When Pope Benedict XVI announced that he was going to resign on February 28, 2013, it sent shock waves around the world. Being the first Pope to leave the papal throne – alive — in 600 years, two billion followers of the Roman Catholic Church are in a state of disbelief. Although Pope Benedict had become the lighting rod of criticism Read More …