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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I spent the day at the Vatican today and I had to keep my head low to keep from getting hit, the mud was flying!!! Not literally though. Literally there was just a steady stream of rain and some hail, but there was nothing to stop that metaphorical mud, and it has been flying all
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Dear Blog Readers — I’m seeing RED. I’ve become obsessed with Cardinals. I am constantly contemplating Cardinals. I stay awake at night fretting about Cardinals and spend my days plotting to get Cardinal interviews. This week I will do a post on the Cardinals who are considered “papabili”, future Pope contenders, but now I just
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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
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Holy Smoke! The Pope announced his resignation today, the first Pope to do so in nearly 600 years. My Monday started out with the usual rush to get kids out the door to school and get myself to work. When I got to the office I wrote our daily office “opener” to our London editors