by sjcpost | Oct 23, 2021 | Vatican Corner
Pope Francis’ radio interview covered many different subjects. One subject was Cardinal Becciu who is accused along with 9 others of corruption with Vatican finances. Francis said “I hope with all my heart that he is innocent. Besides, he was a collaborator of mine...
by sjcpost | Oct 17, 2021 | Vatican Corner
On Sept. 1, 2021, Pope Francis was interviewed for an hour and a half by Carlos Herrera of Spain’s Bishop’s Conference radio COPE. Many subjects were covered including his recent surgery, Afghanistan, China, euthanasia, the legal trials in the Vatican, and reform of...
by sjcpost | Oct 10, 2021 | Vatican Corner
The Swiss Guard’s main duties at the Vatican are providing security services, protecting the Pope and his residence, and providing honor guards at the main entrances, at public audiences, at Masses and at diplomatic receptions. The Guard’s 150 year old barracks is...
by sjcpost | Oct 3, 2021 | Vatican Corner
Pope Francis has recently made a video that reflects on family life presented by testimonies from families around the world. This video is an accompaniment to his 2016 book AmorisLaetitia (Joy of Love). In Chapter 5 of the book under the title An Expanding...
by sjcpost | Sep 25, 2021 | Vatican Corner
Pope Francis made his 34th foreign trip on September 12 -15, 2021, traveling to the center of Europe and spending (as planned) just seven hours in Hungary and four days in Slovakia. Sixty percent of Hungary’s 10 million people are Catholic while Seventy-three percent...
by sjcpost | Sep 18, 2021 | Vatican Corner
If on September 11, 2001 the four coordinated terrorist attacks by the militant Islamist group al-Qaeda against the United States never happened, would Francis have become the Pope? There is a connection between those terrible events that changed world history and...
