SAINT OF THE DAY: Our Lady of Good Counsel
POPE FRANCIS IS BURIED IN ST MARY MAJOR
After funeral mass, Pope Francis’ mortal remains were carried through Rome to the Basilica of Saint Mary Major, where he was laid to rest near the icon of Mary Salus Popoli Romani. 150,000 people lined the streets to bid a final farewell to Pope Francis, who on Sunday, the day before he died, had driven around St. Peter’s Square…READ MORE >
TRUMP MEETS WITH ZELENSKY AT VATICAN AHEAD OF POPE’S FUNERAL: ‘VERY PRODUCTIVE’
President Donald Trump and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky met early Saturday in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican to discuss peace talks between Ukraine and Russia. The last face-to-face meeting Trump had with Zelensky took place in February at the White House, and did not end well, with Trump saying Zelensky was not ready for peace talks…READ MORE >
BISHOP STRICKLAND ISSUES WARNING OVER NEXT POPE: ‘SIMPLE TRUTH’
Joseph Strickland, the Texas bishop who was removed by Pope Francis in November 2023, said he feared progressives within the conclave would choose another liberal pontiff to lead the next chapter of the Catholic Church. “We must pray and fast, the Cardinal’s have the future of humanity in their hands,” the former bishop, one of Francis’ most vocal critics, wrote on X, formerly Twitter….READ MORE >
HOW CONSERVATIVE CATHOLICS ARE RESPONDING TO POPE FRANCIS’ DEATH
Catholics around the world are preparing for Pope Francis’ funeral this Saturday in Rome. Some conservative Catholics in the United States have expressed their expectations for a new pope while offering critiques of the old one. Aleja Hertzler-McCain of Religion News Service reports…READ MORE >
POPE FRANCIS AND CONCLAVE 2025: STILL WAITING FOR A THIRD-MILLENNIUM POPE
OPINION: The Roman Catholic Church is still waiting for a genuinely third-millennium pope. All three of the last popes—John Paul II, Benedict XVI, and Pope Francis—were men very much shaped by the 20th rather than the 21st century…..READ MORE >
TRUMP VOWS US WON’T BE ‘DRAGGED IN’ TO WAR WITH IRAN: ‘I’LL BE LEADING THE PACK’
President Trump promised in an interview published Friday that the US will not be “dragged in” to a war with Iran as he seeks to prevent the theocratic regime from getting a nuclear weapon. In an interview with Time magazine, Trump said he wasn’t concerned about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attacking Tehran without his OK….READ MORE >
CATHOLICS TURN ON THE DEMOCRATS
With the death of Pope Francis, the attention of the world naturally turns toward the Church, and mostly toward Rome. But this focus on Catholicism should also prod an examination of the massive Catholic shift away from Democrats across America….READ MORE >
CATHOLICS DISTRESSED BY ISRAEL’S MUTED RESPONSE TO POPE’S DEATH
The Catholic Church in Jerusalem and the Israeli Catholic community are disappointed with Israel’s muted response to the death of Pope Francis, a reticence compounded by the Foreign Ministry’s deleting of its condolence posts. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog have each posted condolence messages, while Herzog and Interior Minister Moshe Arbel have called the Latin patriarch in Jerusalem…READ MORE >
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