Dear Blog Readers — I was sitting at on the grass at the park yesterday in Rome, enjoying a gorgeous spring afternoon between the small white daisies popping up around me and the giant Roman pines looming overhead. My daughter was playing nearby with our dog and I was flipping through some magazines when I …
CARDINAL TIMOTHY DOLAN This past Thursday, the day Pope Benedict XVI left the Vatican in a helicopter at 5pm, I had an interview scheduled with Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York at 4:30pm at the North American College, not far from the Vatican. I work in television where images speak louder than words and I …
Red Ribbons, Scotch Tape, Gold Rings and Clunky Crosses Read More »
Dear Blog Readers– So many of you responded to my post on the Pope’s resignation with questions that I hate to disappoint you all with my lack of information. Working for AP Television I charge headlong into the day doing interview after interview, priests, cardinals, tourists, Vatican analysts and there is no time for deep …
The X Pope: Mysteries and Confusion at the Vatican Read More »
Patta-thump, patta-thump went my heart as I stood on the altar at the Pope’s mass in Madrid. There were tens of thousands of young people almost as far as the eye could see gathered for the mass and I was standing up on the altar with the entourage traveling with the Pope. But that was …
He once poured red wine for a Pope dressed from head to toe in white, careful not to spill a drop…but while impeccable in his table service, the Pope’s butler was spilling much more, delivering private documents from the Papal apartments directly into the hands of an Italian investigative journalist. The Pope’s butler, Paolo Gabriele, …