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1 month ago | 
thebostonpilot.com | Junno Arocho Esteves |Elizabeth Scalia
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CIUDAD DEL VATICANO (CNS) -- Durante la reunión de cardenales que tuvo lugar en la víspera del cónclave que decidirá al próximo pontífice, el anillo y el sello principal del difunto Papa Francisco fueron destruidos, una tradición que marca el fin de un pontificado.
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1 month ago | 
thebostonpilot.com | Justin Mclellan |Elizabeth Scalia
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CIUDAD DEL VATICANO (CNS) -- A menos de 48 horas para el inicio del cónclave, los cardenales que entrarán en la Capilla Sixtina para elegir un nuevo Papa discutieron sobre la guerra, la necesidad del diálogo y el papel del Papa para fomentarlo.
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1 month ago | 
thebostonpilot.com | Kate Scanlon |Gina Christian |Russell Shaw |Elizabeth Scalia
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- As the Catholic Church and its cardinals prepare for May's conclave, a new study by the Pew Research Center shows that U.S. Catholics want a more inclusive church -- but divides remain on key issues among those with differing rates of Mass attendance.
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1 month ago | 
thebostonpilot.com | Junno Arocho Esteves |Elizabeth Scalia
CIUDAD DEL VATICANO (CNS) -- En el último día de luto oficial por la muerte del Papa Francisco, el fallecido pontífice fue recordado como alguien que estaba decidido a vivir la misión que se le había encomendado y servir a los demás, incluso cuando su salud se deterioró. Presidiendo una Misa conmemorativa el 4 de mayo, el cardenal francés Dominique Mamberti, protodiácono del Colegio Cardenalicio, dijo que el Papa Francisco "permaneció fiel a su misión hasta el agotamiento de sus fuerzas".
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1 month ago | 
thebostonpilot.com | Carol Glatz |Elizabeth Scalia
CIUDAD DEL VATICANO (CNS) -- Unos días antes de ser elegido Papa en marzo de 2013, el entonces cardenal Jorge Mario Bergoglio dijo a sus compañeros cardenales: Tengo la impresión de que Jesús estuvo encerrado en la Iglesia y golpea a la puerta porque quiere salir. Con esta breve y sencilla frase, el cardenal bonaerense dejó entrever de manera clara y contundente lo que, según él, necesitaba la Iglesia en ese momento: discípulos misioneros que llevaran a las periferias la alegría del Evangelio.
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1 month ago | 
thebostonpilot.com | Michael R. Heinlein |Elizabeth Scalia
ROME (OSV News) -- Three days ahead of the start of the conclave, the cardinals took the morning off from the general congregation meetings and, in some cases, celebrated Masses at their titular churches -- or the churches that have been designated to them to connect them with the pope and the Diocese of Rome.
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1 month ago | 
thebostonpilot.com | Kate Scanlon |Russell Shaw |Elizabeth Scalia
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- President Donald Trump posted an image that appeared to be created by artificial intelligence depicting himself as pope just days after making a comment to reporters that he would like to become the next pope. The image drew condemnation from some church leaders and commentators, while some defended it as a jest.
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1 month ago | 
thebostonpilot.com | Carol Glatz |Elizabeth Scalia |Lucia Silecchia |Greg Kandra
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- In the first nine hours that Pope Francis' body had lain in state in St. Peter's Basilica, more than 19,000 people stood in line for hours in the sun to pray and pay homage to him. The doors of the basilica opened to the public a little after 11 a.m. local time after the pope's simple wooden casket was transferred from his residence during a solemn prayer service.
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1 month ago | 
thebostonpilot.com | Kate Scanlon |Elizabeth Scalia |Lucia Silecchia |Greg Kandra
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- Pope Francis' approach to key issues including his concern for the environment, immigration and abortion did not fit neatly into American political ideologies, Catholic political and theology experts told OSV News. Pope Francis, formerly Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, died April 21 at age 88, a little more than a month after marking his 12th anniversary as pontiff.
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1 month ago | 
thebostonpilot.com | Junno Arocho Esteves |Elizabeth Scalia |Lucia Silecchia |Greg Kandra
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ROME (OSV News) -- Throughout his papacy, Pope Francis, who died April 21 at the age of 88, faced the sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church, attempting to balance defending the church from criticism while showing compassion toward survivors, with often mixed results.
