We received from the Jesuit Curia today this account of the meeting between Pope Francis and Adolfo Nicol s SJ Superior General of the Society of Jesus which took place yesterday at the Casa Santa Marta nbsp The account was written by Father General himself nbsp We offer it in several langua

In case you weren 39 t able to rise early this morning you might have missed Pope Francis 39 s quot Mass of Inauguration quot which just concluded nbsp Drew Christiansen SJ has already noted with his usual acuity the ecumenical dimensions of the day in a post below nbsp Celebrating the

Pope Francis began his inaugural celebrations suitably with prayer at the Tomb of Saint Peter But the prayer was also a symbol of church unity Accompanying were the Catholic patriarchs and major archbishops of the Eastern Churches and Bartholomew the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople For the

ROME VIS - The main part of the press conference at the Vatican today was dedicated to how the Mass inaugurating the Petrine Ministry of the Bishop of Rome will be celebrated ldquo The correct term for the ceremony rdquo Fr Lombardi clarified ldquo is not enthronement but inauguration As s

There has long been a playful rivalry among religious orders in the Catholic Church This may surprise people accustomed to thinking of members of religious orders as a dull lot their faces stuck in their Bibles or their eyes cast heavenward far removed from such mundane matters as hellip humor

Good day from Rome on the fifth day of the pontificate of Pope Francis Crews are hard at work in Saint Peter rsquo s Square readying the place for what is expected to be the biggest papal installation ceremony in history Italian newspapers say that a million people might turn up for the event tom