Woman Attacks Pope
It’s not a good news item for Catholics to learn of this Christmas Day, but yes – Pope Benedict XVI was attacked by a female bystander (Susanna Maiolo, 25) as the pontiff was making his way down the aisle of St. Peter’s Basilica to celebrate Christmas Midnight Mass at the Vatican. The video is below; [...]
Habemus Papam!
(REUTERS/Max Rossi) Annuntio vobis gaudium magnum; habemus Papam: Eminentissimum ac Reverendissimum Dominum, Dominum Josephum Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae Cardinalem Ratzinger qui sibi nomen imposuit Benedictum XVI We have a Pope! The princes of the Roman Catholic Church have elected their fellow Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, hailing from Bavaria, Germany, as the successor of Karol Wojtyla (John Paul [...]
Interregnum: The Last Pope?
Is Karol Wojtyla – better known as Pope John Paul II – the last pontiff? Or is he, as is claimed by a popular saying, the third to the last Holy Father, after which the end of the world shall come? Hold your horses – we’re not about to walk out onto the streets and [...]
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