100 University of Dallas Students Honor Pope Benedict In Unique Way As He Leaves Vatican

This is awesome. T he Dallas newspaper has the story here .

In Last Remarks Pope Benedict Signals Will Not Attend Installation of New Pope & Other Liturgical Nuggets

Father Z does a splendid job of fleshing out the meaning of Pope Benedict's last official remarks as Pontiff this morning . See Benedict...

Bishop Duca Advises His Louisiana Flock To Avoid Drama & Speculation of Ignorant Media As To Future Pope

 I received the Catholic Connection in the mail today which is the official monthly publication for my Diocese of Shreveport in Louisiana. A...

Sede Vacante - Farewell Pope Benedict XVI

A day with dramatic images that started in USA time early in the morning and continued to just minutes ago as the final ceremony marked an e...

Pope Benedict's Final Public Audience as Pontiff ( Full Text Wednesday Audience )

Seems like a lot of  folks were up very early to watch the Pope give his last Wednesday audience and what it appears is his last public spea...

Pope Benedict and St Augustine - A Comparison

Wonderful post on this by Timothy George at First Things .

Pope Benedict 's 1969 Prophesy On The Future of The Church & Christianity

Vatican Insider has come up with a some statement that Pope Benedict made back in his university days that is pretty interesting. See Ratzi...

On Feast of Martin Luther Pope Benedict / Ratzinger 's Rarely Mentioned Biggest Accomplishment

Today many Protestants celebrate the Feast day of Martin Luther. First Thoughts has a good post up at Celebrating Martin Luther  which has ...

Correcting Misconceptions On Pope Benedict & Child Sex Abuse

John Allen has a pretty good interview with Fr. Hans Zollner who is making some important contributions himself to the safety of children .

AP Article " Pope enjoys swansong " Fails to Deliver

Many  Americans , like I did this morning,  woke up to this AP article in their morning newspapers. Pope enjoys swansong; future still a que...

Pope Benedict In Emotional Farewell To His Roman Priests Does Off the Cuff Talk On Memories of Vatican II ( Text & Vid )

Pope Benedict gave a heartfelt and emotional farewell to his Priest in Rome today. He also gave quite a off the cuff talk on his memories of...

Baton Rouge Public High School Choir Sings Itself Into Pope Benedict Abdication Catholic History Today

A pretty cool Louisiana connection to Catholic history happening before our eyes happened today. An eventful week for the very talented Bato...

Video Of Moving Long Loud Standing Ovation For Pope Benedict At Conclusion of Ash Wednesday Mass

I was watching this live and think like many got a tad teared up. I think the ovation would have gone on and on until the Pope stopped it. T...

Time For Media To Read Cardinal Dolan 's Article on Limits of Papal Power

It always is interesting to too observe journalist and what they perceive to be the powers of the Papacy. They truly give him powers that fe...

Let Us Hopefully Not Get Into Habit of Popes that Retire

Ross Douthat has an excellent piece up on today's stunning developments. See The Pope Abdicates I generally agree with him in this insta...

Media's Strange Disinterest On Pope's Remarks on Marriage & Annulments ( Full Text of Remarks to Roman Rota )

I am always interested in what the media finds interesting or noteworthy about Papal remarks and what it does not. Usually hot button sensat...

As United States Prepares For Immigration Reform Debate Pope Benedict Release Annual Message On The Topic

See the full text here at MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE BENEDICT XVI FOR THE WORLD DAY OF MIGRANTS AND REFUGEES (2013) .

Pope In State Of The World Address Talks Religious Liberty & Conscientious Objection Rights - HHS Contraception Mandate Reference ?

Pope Benedict addressed the Diplomatic Corp to the Holy See today.  As Rocco Palmo in his post on this pointed out the Vatican is one of the...

Pope Benedict Talks Role of Parents at Last 2012 Sunday Angelus

At the last Sunday  Angelus of the 2012 year Pope Benedict talked about the role of parents by looking at example of Mary and Joseph. Vatica...

Day After Christmas Pope Talks To Vatican Square Flock on St. Stephen’s Day - Deacon and First Martyr

It is a special day for Deacons  I suppose. Vatican Radio has the full text at Pope: St. Stephen, model of New Evangelization