Letters from Rome 2025—The Papal Interregnum No. 3

As might be expected, the commentaries and analysis concerning Pope Francis himself and his pontificate have been being churned out fast and furious in recent days, almost before the wax seal on his coffin has had a chance to dry. I used to think that experts were rare, but in...

The Last Modern Pope

Letters from Rome 2025—The Papal Interregnum No. 2

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Letters from Rome 2025—The Papal Interregnum No. 1

  Novena for the Conclave to elect a new Pope

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Before there was anything, there was nothing, but God. Then, God spoke and there was everything, created by God and created in God. The only thing He did not create was sin and its offspring death. These came from his angelic and human creatures, Satan and Adam. So, God entered...

It was convenient and pragmatic for Caiaphas and Pilate to put Jesus to death. But it was also gravely immoral. They worked it so that religious and political expediency prevailed, so that the status quo could be preserved. It’s true that, at one point, Pilate genuinely seemed to want to...