Results for cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio
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Pope Francis and the Long Shadow of Argentina’s 'Dirty War'
Originally Posted: 03/15/2013 - 2:17pm | Type: Blog -
As life in communist Poland propelled Pope John Paul II’s crusade against the Soviets and coming of age in Nazi Germany shaped Pope Benedict XVI, Argentina’s Dirty War posed deep, existential questions for the ...
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Why the First Jesuit Pope is a Big Deal
Originally Posted: 03/15/2013 - 2:03pm | Type: Blog -
Jesuits are bound by oath not to seek higher office in the Roman Catholic Church, and now one of them has been elected to its highest office: Bishop of Rome, Vicar of Christ, Pontifex Maximus. ...
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An 'Unsettling:' Non-Catholics and Pope Francis
Originally Posted: 03/14/2013 - 1:41pm | Type: Blog -
On Wednesday, the white smoke got in my eyes, and rather than confusing my sight, it’s made things a little clearer. When I heard about the white smoke on Wednesday, I wrote on my ...
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Jews Worldwide See An Ally in Pope Francis
Originally Posted: 03/14/2013 - 11:16am | Type: Blog -
Jews worldwide welcomed newly elected Pope Francis as a friend on Wednesday, and pointed in particular to his sympathetic and strong reaction to the 1994 bombing of a Jewish center in his native Argentina — th ...
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'Rebuild My Church'
Originally Posted: 03/14/2013 - 11:01am | Type: Blog -
Will simplicity and social justice become the witness of the Roman Catholic Church around the world — and will it emanate from the first pope from the Global South, which is clearly the growing future of the c ...
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Bergoglio: A Pope of Paradox for a Church in Transition
Originally Posted: 03/13/2013 - 9:24pm | Type: Blog -
What, in fact, does the election of Francis say about the Catholic Church at this point in its history? VATICAN CITY — A hierarchy looking to make a clear statement about where th ...
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Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio Elected as Pope Francis I
Originally Posted: 03/13/2013 - 9:17pm | Type: Blog -
Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected as Pope Francis I on Wednesday, after only two days of voting in the conclave tasked with choosing a successor to Pope Benedict XVI. ...
