The Last Day of Pope Ben 16
Dear Blog Readers — I’ve just had a double espresso and half a container of Haagen-Daz Pralines and Cream ice cream to give me the energy to tell you about today. I am going to be brief though and...
View ArticleRed Ribbons, Scotch Tape, Gold Rings and Clunky Crosses
CARDINAL TIMOTHY DOLAN This past Thursday, the day Pope Benedict XVI left the Vatican in a helicopter at 5pm, I had an interview scheduled with Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York at 4:30pm at the North...
View ArticleMy Cappuccino Cardinal – Sean O’Malley of Boston
Dear Blog Readers- A quick word about my “Cappuccino” Cardinal, that would be the Cardinal from my hometown, Boston, Cardinal Sean O’Malley. O’Malley has suddenly emerged on the lists of Papabile or...
View ArticleFrancesco Frenzy
Rome is going through a Francesco frenzy. People love Papa Francesco, or Pope Francis. This past Wednesday at his weekly audience in St. Peter’s Square the crowd, including lots of young people, went...
View ArticleBenedict is Back!
After his dramatic departure just over two months ago, the former Pope, Benedict XVI, returned to the Vatican today to take up residence in a small monastery inside Vatican walls. On February 28th the...
View ArticleA Whirlwind Week in Rome and at the Vatican
It has been a whirlwind week in Rome and at the Vatican. On one side of the Tiber River a Prime Minister was abruptly shoved out off office and another one stepped in, Italy now has its youngest...
View ArticleOne Year Following Pope Francis
Today — one year after he was elected Pope — Pope Francis is on a spiritual retreat with bishops and cardinals. Showing his usual simplicity he took the bus and sat in the middle of the pack. One year...
View ArticleA Pope’s Bitter End
Dear Blog Readers – I just spent the week taking a journalism course in the small town of Fiuggi, in the hills a little south of Rome. I loved going back to “school” and spending hours in the classroom...
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