Pope Francis contemplates the Holy Door in St. Peter’s Basilica (VATICAN MEDIA Divisione Foto)    Here is Pope Francis today, on May 9, Ascension Thursday, sitting

   The Church of St. Nicholas of Tolentino, the Armenian church in Rome, in early April 2024. It is currently undergoing restoration    The interior of the

And on the tragic loss of that dignity. A reflection on the Vatican document Dignitas infinita, issued in Rome on April 2, 2024 (19th anniversary

    The Vatican on December 18 published a text, Fiducia supplicans (link) which may go down as the most controversial and most ecumenically damaging document of

    Italian historian Alberto Melloni. He has written a book on the history of papal conclaves (link). Now he is calling on Pope Francis to change