Scott Richert

2 weeks ago | irishcatholic.com | Scott Richert

The one whom the Holy Spirit has sent Over the course of my lifetime, the Catholic Church has had six popes – St Paul VI, John Paul I, Saint John Paul II, Benedict XVI, Francis, and now Pope Leo XIV. Paul VI was pope when I was born, and I cannot say that I remember the elections of either John Paul I or…

2 weeks ago | todayscatholic.org | Scott Richert

Throughout the course of my lifetime, the Catholic Church has had six popes – St. Paul VI, John Paul I, St. John Paul II, Benedict XVI, Francis, and now Leo XIV. Paul VI was pope when I was born, and I cannot say that I remember the elections of either John Paul I or John Paul II, though growing up in a Catholic household in a small village with a significant Catholic population, we must have been on the lookout for the first wisp of white smoke.

3 weeks ago | catholicreview.org | Scott Richert

Over the course of my lifetime, the Catholic Church has had six popes — Saint Paul VI, John Paul I, Saint John Paul II, Benedict XVI, Francis, and now Pope Leo XIV. Paul VI was pope when I was born, and I cannot say that I remember the elections of either John Paul I or John Paul II, though growing up in a Catholic household in a small village with a significant Catholic population, we must have been on the lookout for the first wisp of white smoke.

3 weeks ago | todayscatholic.org | Scott Richert

Throughout the course of my lifetime, the Catholic Church has had six popes – St. Paul VI, John Paul I, St. John Paul II, Benedict XVI, Francis, and now Leo XIV. Paul VI was pope when I was born, and I cannot say that I remember the elections of either John Paul I or John Paul II, though growing up in a Catholic household in a small village with a significant Catholic population, we must have been on the lookout for the first wisp of white smoke.

3 weeks ago | oursundayvisitor.com | Scott Richert

John Paul II went on to become one of the longest reigning popes in the history of the Church, long enough for me to have graduated from elementary school, junior high, high school, college and graduate school, and to be 10 years into my professional career before his years of suffering — through which he gave such a perfect example to Catholics and all Christians — came to an end.