The writing of the Mass just happened to coincide with the unexpected conclave in the wake of Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation and election of the first member of the Society of Jesus to the ...

Benedict before him was 78, and was Pope for only eight years before his surprise retirement aged 85. To begin the process, ...

Amid plans for a blasphemous “black mass” at the Kansas Capitol building ... The archbishop noted that Pope Francis recently announced he will canonize Blessed Bartolo Longo, a 19th-century ...

The 88-year-old became head of the Catholic Church on March 13, 2013, following the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI ... with a chemical that produces black smoke visible from St. Peter’s ...