Dear Blog Readers — You may be getting tired of reading all my blog posts on the Vatican, so I will do one last one with a few notes on Pope Francis and my experiences covering him this past week. FRIDAY – “DON’T FORGET THE POOR” Last week after he was elected he held a […]
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Dear Blog Readers — We have a Pope. Pope Francis, previously Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina. Now you all may be wondering what happened to me. I was filling you in on this story all along and then we got a new Pope and then – poof – I disappeared. All I can say is
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Dear Blog Readers — Tomorrow is the big day– the first day of the Conclave to elect the next Pope. I wanted to write a lengthy post on all the ceremony and traditions involved in a Conclave, but I’m too wiped out. Fortunately my fellow blogger Tiffany Parks did that. Check out her blog post
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Dear Blog Readers — It has been a rocking and rolling week and the Vatican and I’ve been trying to keep up, but the important news is that we have a date. On Tuesday, March 12 the Conclave to elect the next Pope will begin at the Vatican. The Cardinals will gather in the morning
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Dear Blog Readers- A quick word about my “Cappuccino” Cardinal, that would be the Cardinal from my hometown, Boston, Cardinal Sean O’Malley. O’Malley has suddenly emerged on the lists of Papabile or papal contenders. He became a Capuchin Friar at age 21 and to this day wears the brown, hooded habit and a white
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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
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Dear Blog Readers — I’ve just had a double espresso and half a container of Haagen-Daz Pralines and Cream ice cream to give me the energy to tell you about today. I am going to be brief though and will write more in the coming days. Today was a historic day at the Vatican. Pope
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Dear Blog Readers — It has been an exhausting day and I am wiped out, but it would be a shame not to tell you all about it. Today’s was Pope Benedict XVI’s last weekly audience in St. Peter’s Square as Pope. Tomorrow he will meet with Cardinals in the morning and at 5pm he
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