Archive | March, 2013

Program #0486A for Wednesday, March 13, 2013: LIVE from Rome: Catholic Voices USA, Our Sunday Visitor, and a Boston Catholic in the Vatican Museums

March 14, 2013

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LIVE from Rome: Catholic Voices USA, Our Sunday Visitor, and a Boston Catholic in the Vatican Museums

Summary of today’s show: Due to the successful vote of the conclave and the announcement of the election of Pope Francis, this pre-recorded show from Wednesday, March 13, did not air. Rather than let these great interviews with Scot of Kim Daniels of Catholic Voices USA, Greg Erlandson of Our Sunday Visitor, and James Stella […]

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Program #0487 for Thursday, March 14, 2013: LIVE from Rome: Who is Pope Francis?

March 14, 2013

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LIVE from Rome: Who is Pope Francis?

Summary of today’s show: Who is Pope Francis? Scot Landry and Fr. Roger Landry talk about the former Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, now Pope Francis, who he is, how he was elected, what he was like as a Jesuit priest and archbishop in Argentina, and what we can expect from him in the future. Plus, how […]

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What it was like to be in St. Peter’s Square when Pope Francis was elected

March 14, 2013

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By Scot Landry, March 14, 2013 It was pouring rain when George and I made our way to St. Peter’s Square at 5:15pm Rome time.  I remember thinking how unlikely the smoke would billow out around 5:30pm, which would mean that the new Pope was elected on the 4th ballot.  I thought we’d be standing […]

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Sendoffs, Prayers and Black Smoke

March 13, 2013

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By Scot Landry, March 12, 2013 Tuesday began in Rome at 7:00am at the North American College.  The American Cardinals had gathered there for one last time as a group for a “class” shot of the Cardinal-electors.  Originally this was going to be a simple event with only the Catholic News Service photographer present.  However, […]

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Program #0486 for Tuesday, March 12, 2013: LIVE from Rome: Mass for Election of a New Pope and the Conclave begins!

March 12, 2013

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Summary of today’s show: Events in Rome reached their penultimate phase as the cardinals celebrated the Mass for the Election of a New Pope and then entered the Sistine Chapel for their first vote. Scot Landry welcomed Fr. Roger Landry, Terry Donilon, and Jay Fadden to discuss the events of the day, including their experience […]

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Program #0485 for Monday, March 11, 2013: LIVE from Rome: Kathryn Lopez of National Review and Catholic Voices USA; Pilgrims from Buffalo

March 11, 2013

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LIVE from Rome: Kathryn Lopez of National Review and Catholic Voices USA; Pilgrims from Buffalo

Summary of today’s show: Continuing our live coverage from Rome, Scot Landry talks with a group of pilgrims from Buffalo, New York, who happened to be in the city at this time and asks them about being on pilgrimage in the Eternal City and maybe getting to be there for the announcement of a new […]

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Who is Cardinal Seán O’Malley? 3 Pilot Profiles.

March 11, 2013

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By Scot Landry Yesterday, Cardinal Seán celebrated Mass in his Titular Church (Santa Maria della Vittoria) for about 100 parishioners and it seems about the same number of media from Boston, throughout the United States and from several other countries. Several of the international journalists asked me questions about Cardinal Seán and his early life […]

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Cardinal Seán celebrates Mass in his Titular Church

March 10, 2013

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By Scot Landry Many of the Cardinals went to their Titular Churches in Rome this morning to celebrate Mass as they ask the people of Rome and throughout the world to pray for them and for the Conclave. The Mass at 10:30 at Santa Maria della Vittoria was one of its normal Sunday Masses, so […]

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Mass at the Tomb of Blessed John Paul II

March 9, 2013

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By Scot Landry Yesterday’s blog post was a special one for me.  I was asked by Cardinal Seán’s staff to write a guest blog for the readers of CardinalSeansBlog.org, since all the Cardinals are in a period of public silence until the end of the Conclave.  So Cardinal Seán couldn’t write a blog post.  It […]

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News Conference on Liturgical Rites of the Conclave

March 9, 2013

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On Saturday at 11 am, Rome time, the US Conference of Catholic Bishops hosted a press conference at the Pontifical North American College with Archbishop Piero Marini and Msgr. Kevin Irwin, focusing on the liturgical rites related to the conclave. Msgr. Marini was master of papal liturgical ceremonies during the pontificate of Pope John Paul […]

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