Olivia Bardo

New Jersey

Multimedia and Social Editor at Global Sisters Report

Social/multimedia editor @sistersreport | Words @BusinessInsider, @Sojourners, @RNS, @NCRonline, @commonwealmag | currently baking bread

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Articles

'Pope Francis deserves better': Tomb inscription draws criticism

1 month ago | ncronline.org | Olivia Bardo |Michael Sean Winters

Help us raise $300,000 for NCR!We have raised $98,436 from 656 supporters. We are 32.8% of the way to our goal! The name "Franciscus" is seen engraved on the tomb of Pope Francis inside the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome on April 27, 2025. (CNS/Lola Gomez) Many mourners flocking to the Basilica of St. Mary Major to view the tomb of Pope Francis have pointed out one flagrant error: the spacing in the tomb's inscription.
LIVE UPDATES: Catholic Church at the crossroads

1 month ago | ncronline.org | James V. Grimaldi |Christopher White |Olivia Bardo |Camillo Barone

Link May 7, 2025 at 7:32am The conclave begins: Where to find NCR coverage, reporters The empty central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica is seen at the Vatican May 7, 2025, the first day of the conclave to elect a new pope. When a new pope is selected, he will speak from this balcony. (OSV News/Reuters/Amanda Perobelli) Today is the day. The conclave begins, and NCR is your must-read site if you want to keep up to date with the latest developments.
How Gen Z is meme-ifying the conclave

1 month ago | ncronline.org | Olivia Bardo |Christopher White |Michael Sean Winters

Philippine Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle leads the recitation of the rosary for the repose of the soul of Pope Francis April 24, 2025, at Rome's Basilica of St. Mary Major, where the pope is to be buried April 26. (CNS/Pablo Esparza) As we look ahead to the upcoming conclave, where cardinals will elect Pope Francis' successor, Gen Z is taking a particular interest in the ancient procedures of the Catholic Church. No longer are the events of the conclave a buttoned-up ritual.
Read the homily for the funeral Mass of Pope Francis

1 month ago | ncronline.org | Olivia Bardo |Rhina Guidos

This is the English translation of the prepared text of the homily, delivered in Italian by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals, for the funeral of Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on April 26, 2025. It is provided by the Holy See Press Office and lightly edited for style.
Cardinals, faithful flock to Rome's center to pray at pope's tomb

1 month ago | ncronline.org | Carol Glatz |Olivia Bardo |Rhina Guidos

A member of the College of Cardinals prays at the tomb of Pope Francis and attends vespers at the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome April 27, 2025. Cardinals and the faithful visited the Marian basilica to offer their prayers and respects. (CNS/Lola Gomez) Members of the College of Cardinals had a chance to take a quick bus tour through Rome on their way to visit the tomb of Pope Francis, who wanted to be buried in a Marian basilica three and a half miles from the Vatican.
Peaceful hope descends on St. Peter's Square

1 month ago | ncronline.org | Olivia Bardo |James V. Grimaldi |Rhina Guidos

Youth gather in St. Peter's Square the evening of April 26, hours after hundreds of thousands of Catholics, leaders and diplomats crammed into St. Peter's Square to mourn the death of Pope Francis. (NCR photo/Olivia Bardo) In the early hours of April 26, hundreds of thousands of Catholics, leaders and diplomats crammed into St. Peter's Square to mourn the death of Pope Francis.
Social media mourns Pope Francis

2 months ago | ncronline.org | John Grosso |Olivia Bardo

After the Vatican announced April 21 that Pope Francis had died, it changed the pope's official X account, @Pontifex, to "Apostolica Sedes Vacans" — "The Apostolic See is vacant." The account's profile image is now the coat of arms the Vatican uses during the period of sede vacante, when there is no pope. (NCR Screenshot/X) Social media reaction poured in April 21 as people from every corner of the digital world took to online platforms to lament the loss of Pope Francis.
Why Are We Drawn to Apocalypse Tales?

2 months ago | sojo.net | Olivia Bardo

I GREW UP heavily steeped in ’90s Christian rapture culture. I’d polished off all 40 books of the Left Behind kids series before I finished 6th grade, and holes formed in the knees of my favorite butterfly jeans because I wore them as often as I could to make sure I was raptured in them. While the rapture is no longer central to my faith, I never realized how much apocalyptic thinking is soaked into our culture — and how much of it I absorb — until I picked up Dorian Lynskey’s latest book.
Let them eat King Cake, but not the baby!

Mar 2, 2025 | ncronline.org | Olivia Bardo

Between Epiphany and Mardi Gras, people all over the world eat King Cake. Whether simply because it tastes good or because people love holiday traditions, the King Cake is beloved. Before Lent starts on Ash Wednesday, people traditionally eat foods like pancakes, doughnuts and King Cake to prepare for the Lenten season by using all rich ingredients not needed for the next 40 days.
In ‘A Complete Unknown,’ It’s Pete Seeger Who Brings the Wisdom

Feb 5, 2025 | sojo.net | Olivia Bardo

James Mangold’s A Complete Unknown is a striking film. Centered on a young Bob Dylan (Timothée Chalamet), the biopic chronicles the folk music community that bounced in and around 1960s New York City, offering stellar musical and acting performances in the process. But its wisest scene takes place off stage in an intimate conversation between Dylan and Pete Seeger (Edward Norton). Mangold portrays Seeger as a stalwart in the folk music community, banjo and kind heart in tow.