Last week Jorge Mario Bergoglio became Pope Francis I. Today, in a crowded St. Peter's Square, he celebrated his first mass focusing on the themes of respect, kindness and tenderness. And the faithful around him were enthusiastic.
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New York's Archbishop was one of 22 Catholic churchmen who became Cardinals in a ceremony held in Rome by Pope Benedict XVI. Traditionally Americans are ruled out as papal contenders, with the argument that the world doesn't need a superpower pope. There actually is another American as well, Cardinal Edwin O'Brien.
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Life & PeopleFrom Pius XII’s silence to John XIII’s Vatican II; from John Paul II’s openings to the ruptures with Ratzinger. Interview with Alberto Melloni, Professor of Church History at the University of Modena, holder of Unesco Chair for Religious Pluralism and Peace, and Director of the John XXIII Foundation for Religious Studies in Bologna
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Life & PeopleFrom Pius XII’s silence to John XIII’s Vatican II; from John Paul II’s openings to the ruptures with Ratzinger. Interview with Alberto Melloni, Professor of Church History at the University of Modena, holder of Unesco Chair for Religious Pluralism and Peace, and Director of the John XXIII Foundation for Religious Studies in Bologna
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