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Cardinal Seán is in Rome to participate in the Inauguration of Pope Francis on Tuesday morning. He recorded the following audio message for Boston Catholics for the Feast of St. Patrick, patron saint of the Archdiocese of Boston and of all of Ireland. Audio message (press play): Direct link: http://media.thegoodcatholiclife.com/SOMStPatricks2013.mp3 Transcript: Saint Patrick’s Day in […]

By Scot Landry, March 14, 2013 At 2:00pm Rome time, Cardinal Seán O’Malley met with members of the media from Boston and later with Univision. In my brief conversations with Cardinal Seán before and after the media events, it was very apparent that he rejoiced in the election of Pope Francis and that he was […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

By Scot Landry It’s a true joy to welcome readers of CardinalSeansBlog.org to TheGoodCatholicLife.com. There is a great sense of excitement here in Rome this evening as the Cardinals announced a few hours ago that the Conclave will commence on Tuesday March 12.  We look forward to providing continuing coverage toward the announcement of a […]

Today was a slow news day in Rome up through 7pm as the Cardinals are in a silent period during their Congregation meetings.  [Note: The Cardinals are meeting in the evening and its expected that the last Cardinal-elector will have arrived, so it is possible that they might establish the date for the beginning of […]

This morning, I had the privilege to do my favorite activity in Rome.  I woke up at 6 am and then George Martell and I proceeded to St. Peter’s Basilica by 6:45.  I like to be at the big central gate of St. Peter’s when it opens at 7:00. Often in the afternoon, St. Peter’s […]