papacy

Pope Leo XIV’s new message for the Jan. 1 World Day of Peace, released Dec. 18, offers a great deal of food for thought.

It’s no surprise that conclaves have occasionally been portrayed on screen. Some depictions have involved real-life elections, others fictional ones — and the accuracy of the details on display has varied greatly.

The following is a snapshot of the papacies of the 11 popes that preceded Pope Francis, from Pope Benedict XVI to Blessed Pope Pius IX.

The shelter, funded by the papal almoner’s office, is staffed by volunteers from the Community of Sant’Egidio and was inaugurated in time for the World Day of the Poor 2019.

Vatican News March 10, 2023, published excerpts of a new interview with RSI, a Swiss radio-television broadcasting in Italian, marking his 10 years as pope.

Three new books on the papacy are informative and interesting but, Gerard O’Connell’s “The Election of Pope Francis” is, in this reviewer’s opinion, the best of the lot.

A new Pew Research poll of U.S. Catholics released March 6, said it saw “signs of growing discontent with Francis among Catholics on the political right, with increasing shares of Catholic Republicans saying they view Francis unfavorably, and that they think he is too liberal and naive.”

Archbishop Pierre, who was appointed to the U.S. post by Pope Francis last April, tells us to pay attention to the pope, his message and his testimony.