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Four good reasons to believe this conclave might be longer than 2005

No one believes the 2013 papal election will be anything like the famous conclave of Viterbo, the longest in history, which took  almost three years to settle on Pope Gregory X. The cardinals don’t...

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Sistine Chapel closed for conclave

Closed for Conclave. From 13.00 of Tuesday 5 March, the Sistine Chapel closes to the public to a date to be arranged. The closing is necessary to prepare the Chapel to the secret voting that will lead...

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The three words of Pope Benedict XVI

It may sound rhetorical but we have to admit that the way Pope Benedict XVI stepped down was a success. His last day, Thursday, February 28th, was a great one… majestic and simple at the same time....

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Awe and obedience: the rocky trench of roman «black nobility»

We publish the article of Massimo Franco, journalist at Corriere della Sera. A journey in the Roman palaces of the «black nobility»,  a rocky trench of awe and obedience to the pope,  so called because...

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How to mislead a journalist…

All means are now used to try to avoid journalists. Lyons’s Archbishop, Philippe Barbarin, has even tried to sidestep the questions while cycling. Getting out of the Synod’s Room, where the fourth...

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The latest rumors

Cardinal Angelo Scola We publish the post of Alberto Melloni, Italian historian, scholar of the history of the Church and one of the major experts of the Second Vatican Council Numbers hate dreams....

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The burden of the Cardinals

We publish the editorial of Massimo Franco, journalist at Corriere della Sera: it describes the Conclave and the expectations of the Catholic Church between mission and transparency   The Conclave that...

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Three consequences of an American pope

As we await the results of tonighty’s  balloting in the conclave, Catholics from every country where there’s a papal contender can’t help but be wondering: What happens if our man wins? That’s an...

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O’Malley, the Capuchin sent by heaven

The birthday of Boston Cardinal Sean O’Malleys on June 29th, the holy day of the Princes of Apostles Peter and Paul, seems to many people “providential”, as they would say in Rome: sent by heaven and...

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Obama: «An American pope would not take orders from me»

Barack Obama intervenes during the delicate phases of the conclave. In an interview that aired Wednesday morning on ABC’s Good Morning America,  the president rejects the notion that an American pope...

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