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Will consistory decide next Pope, as Erdő, Tagle and Zuppi still front runners?
August 26, 2022
As Saturday’s consistory gets under way, the first time many cardinals will meet may present the opportunity to decide Francis’s successor On Saturday August 27, cardinals from around the world will gather at the Vatican for a hotly-debated but surprisingly-timed consistory where 20 prelates will join the College of Cardinals, with sixteen under 80 years
Erdő and Tagle: still in pole position to succeed Francis after Ouellet allegation
August 22, 2022
Cardinal Marc Ouellet – a potential successor to the Pope and a noted conservative from Canada – may now be ruled out of the papal succession owing to his having been accused of sexual misconduct as part of a class-action lawsuit. Pope Francis has since decided there is insufficient evidence to open an investigation. While
An African Pope – Cardinals Sarah and Turkson could beat Tagle
August 18, 2022
As rumours abound about the possible resignation of Pope Francis, the Pope’s appointment of 16 new voting cardinals will further stack the odds in favour of a future pontiff made in his image. Little wonder speculation is rife about the “Asian Francis” – Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle – who bookmakers now have at 6/1. But
Erdő vs. Tagle: the battle to be the next Pope
August 05, 2022
As speculation grows about the potential resignation of Pope Francis, whoever the next Pope is will say a great deal about the direction of a Church being pulled in different directions and threatened by schism with a progressive Synodal Path. One leading candidate to succeed Pope Francis is Hungary’s Cardinal Erdő, a conservative canon law
Is a Catholic-led super-state about to emerge in eastern Europe?
July 04, 2022
Last month, Moldova and Ukraine were granted candidate status by the EU. Cue much back-slapping and cheering from Brussels. But the self-congratulation masked a very different reality. For starters, neither Ukraine nor Moldova is likely to ever join the EU, certainly not on terms either would find acceptable, while both would quickly be disabused of
As Pelosi is welcomed by Pope, has Vatican taken a side in the culture wars?
June 30, 2022
Less than a week after the US Supreme Court announced its explosive decision to overrule Roe v. Wade – returning the authority to legalise abortions to individual American states – the Pope met with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, an Italian-American Catholic, in Rome. Pelosi later received Communion during a Papal Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica.
Will it be a Hungarian Pope?
June 28, 2022
Hungarian Cardinal Péter Erdő – Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest – may be emerging as a front-runner to succeed Pope Francis. The canon law expert is fast becoming a contender to succeed the Holy Father as rumours mount about the latter’s health, even with a potential candidate from Asia emerging as a frontrunner as well. Filipino Cardinal
Dis-united States: Supreme Court abortion ruling splits Catholics and country
June 27, 2022
The decision by the US Supreme Court to rule there is no constitutional right to abortion, turning the decision over to the country’s 50 states instead, will send shockwaves throughout the US and wider Catholic world – both of which appear divided on the issue. Six of the nine Supreme Court Justices are declared Catholics,
Should the Vatican scrap China deal?
June 23, 2022
Later this year, a deal inked in 2018 between the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the Vatican will expire. The initial two-year agreement – whose terms remain secret – was already renewed once in 2020. Now after two years of COVID-19, revelations about genocide of the Muslim Uyghurs in western China, the collapse of Hong
Will the next Pope be Asian?
June 22, 2022
As rumours continue to mount that Pope Francis could be on the verge of resigning, it is worth considering not just who the next Pontiff could be but what he would represent. The Pope will host a consistory to create 21 new cardinals later this year. The College of Cardinals currently consists of 208 Cardinals,
Pope resignation rumours grow as Africa trip cancelled
June 21, 2022
Rumours are mounting that Pope Francis is on the verge of resigning. Debate about the Pontiff’s poor health have persisted for some time, with the Holy Father recently seen in a wheelchair. Now the Pope has postponed a trip to Africa – amid fresh attacks against Nigerian Catholics – sending the rumour mill into overdrive. 
Catholic Bishop in Black Lives Matter row with school in US
June 20, 2022
An American Catholic Bishop has been caught up in a row with a middle school over flying flags championing the Black Lives Matter (BLM) and Gay Pride movements.  The Most Reverend Robert McManus – Bishop of Worcester – said BLM was a threat to Catholic values, as he stripped the Nativity School in Massachusetts of
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