Fr. Roger J. Landry Putting into the Deep The Anchor March 14, 2014 Exactly a year ago today, Pope Francis gave his first papal homily in the Sistine Chapel to the Cardinals who had elected him. In words that caught me totally by surprise as I was...
Fr. Roger J. Landry
St. Pius V Parish, Providence, RI
December 5, 2013
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10 Themes of Pope Francis
Fr. Roger J. Landry Conclave Series for the New Bedford Standard Times March 21, 2013 Catholic theologians and faithful have pondered for 2,000 years why the Catholic Church has its center in Rome rather than in Jerusalem, where Jesus Christ died...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Conclave Series for the New Bedford Standard Times March 14, 2013 Yesterday was a long, historic and emotional day that produced the first pope from the new world — and nearly caused heart attacks and catatonic shock among...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Conclave Series for the New Bedford Standard Times March 14, 2013 Names are a big deal in Biblical history. God changed Abram’s name to Abraham, to herald that he would be the father of many nations. Jacob’s name was altered to...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Conclave Series for the New Bedford Standard Times March 13, 2013 Yesterday the Cardinals entered the Sistine Chapel to begin their Conclave. The first vote yesterday afternoon, as predicted, produced black smoke, indicating that...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Conclave Series for the New Bedford Standard Times March 12, 2013 Today is an exciting day in Rome, as the conclave to elect the next Pope begins. The day will begin with the Cardinals’ celebrating Mass on the altar built on top...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Conclave Series for the New Bedford Standard Times March 11, 2013 Tomorrow begins the conclave that will elect the new pope. Almost everyone recognizes the word conclave refers to papal elections, but few know what it really...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Conclave Series for the New Bedford Standard Times March 10, 2013 Prior to this year, there has never been a credible papabile, or serious candidate for the papacy, from the United States. This year there are two, Cardinal...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Conclave Series for the New Bedford Standard Times March 9, 2013 Yesterday we considered the principal job qualifications for someone to be considered papabile (pronounced, pa-PAH-bee-lay; plural papabili), the Italian term...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Conclave Series for the New Bedford Standard Times March 8, 2013 The biggest question being asked in Rome these days, in dozens of languages, is who the next Pope will be. It’s somewhat like what occurs in the States at the...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Conclave Series for the New Bedford Standard Times March 7, 2013 When I was in the airport a few days ago preparing to come to Rome, there were television monitors at the gate showing one of the cable news networks. During the...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Conclave Series for the New Bedford Standard Times March 6, 2013 It’s normally during Advent, the four-week preparation for Christmas, that Catholics across the world are accustomed to focus on hope-filled waiting. But Catholics...
Fr. Roger J. Landry Conclave Series for the New Bedford Standard Times March 5, 2013 During my five years in Rome as a seminarian and a young priest, I observed several peaceful invasions of the Vatican, by pilgrims and tourists both. I never saw...