The Good Catholic Life

Summary of today’s show: Wrapping up two weeks in Rome covering the end of Pope Benedict’s pontificate and the beginning of Pope Francis’, Scot Landry, Fr. Roger Landry and George Martell reflect on their experiences and on the moments and images that will endure with them. They also reflected on their participation in Pope Francis’ […]

By Scot Landry George Martell and I set as our goal for these 2 weeks in Rome that if Archdiocese of Boston Catholics followed our coverage, we would provide you a sense of what it was like to be here in Rome during this papal transition. We hope we have delivered on our goal through […]

By Scot Landry Today at noon, Pope Francis delivered his first Sunday Angelus message.  Typically when the Holy Father is in Rome he has 2 regular weekly appearances: the Wednesday General Audience and then the Sunday Angelus message. If you read my Wednesday post, you remember that I thought there was only a remote chance […]

By Scot Landry The Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls is the second largest Church in Rome (St. Peter’s Basilica is the largest). It was built in the first-half of the fourth century by the emperor Constantine.  It remained practically intact until 1823 when it was almost destroyed by a terrible fire.  The rebuilding […]

By Scot Landry St. Mary Major is the most ancient Church in the west dedicated to the Blessed Mother. Unlike the other Basilicas, the decision to build this Church to glorify God wasn’t one of an emperor but was based on strong desire by the faithful to honor the Mother of God. When it was […]

By Scot Landry The election of Pope Francis occurred at least a day earlier than most prognosticators predicted.  We are blessed with our new Holy Father.  The early election also provided us with an opportunity to visit some of the sites away from St. Peter’s Square, since we weren’t needed to be around for the […]

By Scot Landry The big event on Saturday was a gathering of Pope Francis with all the credentialed media in Rome to cover the papal transition. Since we had heard that more than 5,000 media were credentialed and that families were also invited, we wanted to get in line early to make sure we had […]

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 […]

Summary of today’s show: After emerging from the silence of the conclave that elected Pope Francis, Cardinal Seán O’Malley of Boston met with reporters from Boston and beyond to discuss voting in the conclave, his impressions of the new Holy Father, and what he takes away from the experience. Also, Scot Landry provides his perspective […]

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 […]