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Luxembourg in an international sea of red hats
A joyful photograph reflecting the historical changes at the top of the Archdiocese of Luxembourg. Last week, Bishop Leo Wagener (left), became the archdiocese’s first auxiliary bishop, and yesterday...
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Topping up – new cardinals announced for October
Pope Francis yesterday surprisingly announced that he will create 13 new cardinals on 5 October. Surprisingly, because the numbers do not really suggest the ned for a consistory at this time. There are...
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On the death of Cardinal Danneels
Although he had vanished from the spotlight in recent, Cardinal Danneels’ near-decade’s worth of retirement was one of the defining periods in his long years of service to the Church in Belgium and...
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In case of a vacant seat, Cardinal Farrell takes the reins
After a seven-month vacancy, the Catholic Church has a Chamberlain again. Not that that makes any difference for the time being, but there are a few interesting implications all the same. The...
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2019: A look ahead
A new year, so a good time to look ahead to what 2019 may bring. The year will undoubtedly have its share of surprises, but there are always some things we can know for sure. Among these is the...
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Cardinal Tauran, interreligious dialogue chief and the man who presented...
His body may not have cooperated always, but it never stopped Jean-Louis Tauran from working ceaselessly, travelling the world in the name of cooperation and goodwill between the world’s religions. The...
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On red hat day, a small but historic change in the college
Today marks not only Pope Francis’ fifth red hat day, with the ceremonies to begin at 4 pm Roman time, but also an historical change in the composition of the College of Cardinals, albeit one with, on...
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Looking ahead at a new year
Midway through the last month of the year, it is a good time to look ahead to the new year. 2018 will undoubtedly feature its share of Catholic news, developments and, not least, opinions in social...
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Surprise consistory – Pope Francis calls in five new cardinals from the...
Out of the blue, Pope Francis today announced that he will be creating five new cardinals on 28 June. What is not surprising is that the new red hats will, for the most part, go to the peripheries of...
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A new protopriest as Paul VI has one cardinal left
The death of Cardinal Paulo Evaristo Arns at the age of 95 today leads to an interesting change in the College of Cardinals, albeit a ceremonial one with virtually no effect of the day-to-day affairs...
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After the consistory, the facts of the College of Cardinals
Following yesterday’s consistory the College of Cardinals consists of 228 members, 121 of whom are able to participate in a conclave to elect a new Pope. Most of these electors also have duties within...
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Deacons to Priests, four cardinals move up the ranks
(Note: This post has been edited after publication to correct some information about the office of Cardinal Protodeacon). Just like he did almost exactly two years ago, Pope Francis promoted four...
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Three years of Pope Francis – years of continuity of rupture?
^Three years ago tomorrow, the world’s first look at Pope Francis Tomorrow marks the third anniversary of the election of Pope Francis. Time flies. And of course, countless commentators are picking...
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Coming and going – Looking ahead at 2016
A new year, so time for a look at what 2016 may bring in the field of new bishop appointments. As ever, reality may turn out different, but we may make some assumptions. In the Netherlands, to begin...
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Don Danneels? The power struggles of the Belgian cardinal
In an extensive biography (cover pictured), published earlier this week, Cardinal Godfried Danneels, retired archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels and personal choice of Pope Francis to attend the Synod of...
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A cardinal in name alone
Pope Francis yesterday took the unusual and rare step of remoing a cardinal’s rights and duties, and on the cardinal’s own request. Scottish Cardinal Keith O’Brien, retired archbishop of St. Andrews...
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The consistory of the marginalised – a look back
And so the Church gains twenty new cardinals. Much has already been said about the unique nature of the group, their places of origin and pastoral and other qualities which would spell out much...
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In Utrecht, a statue for a Pope
Almost 500 years after his death, the only Dutch Pope will be getting a statue in his native city of Utrecht. Out of an initial sixty, three sculptors will be invited to make a design that will...
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For when the Pope is gone… Two new chamberlains
Yesterday Pope Francis made two appointments which are largely dormant at the moment, but which are nonetheless interesting and a reflection of the Pope’s confidence in the men concerned. The...
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Simonis, the biography
Even the numbers are impressive. Author Ton Crijnen spent an estimated 750 hours in conversation, spread over four years, with Cardinal Ad Simonis to create his biography of the retired Archbishop of...
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