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Who is Jorge Bergoglio?

Gary Scarrabelotti — Thu, 16 May 2013 00:50:51 +0000

By Joseph Mathews | California Catholic Daily | April 25, 2013:

Jorge Mario Bergoglio was born on December 17, 1936 in the middle class district of Flores in the centre part of Buenos Aires City. He was one of the five children of an Argentinian born housewife and an immigrant railway worker from the Piedmont region of Italy who according to María Elena – the Pope’s only living sibling – left the country out of disaffection for Italy’s fascist dictatorship.

Pope Francis raises hope among Eastern rite Catholics

Gary Scarrabelotti — Tue, 14 May 2013 22:28:53 +0000

By Joyce Coronel | The Catholic Sun | May 13, 2013:

PHEONIX (ARIZONA) – Many Catholics are unaware of the various Eastern rite communities within the Church. Pope Francis would not be one of them.

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Accommodations we make

Gary Scarrabelotti — Tue, 14 May 2013 02:29:40 +0000

The Julian Calendar

By Julian O’Dea

Until very recently, being a homosexual man was about the worst thing imaginable, and homosexual acts were sniggered at. And progressives did their share of sniggering. One of the lines of attack on Senator Joe McCarthy was the insinuation that he and his closest aides were homosexuals. J Edgar Hoover’s sexuality has been used to question his legacy. And even that touchstone of the Left, George Orwell, was always scathing about “nancy-boys”.

RIP Giulio Andreotti, “the eternal one”

Gary Scarrabelotti — Tue, 14 May 2013 02:06:47 +0000

By Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith | Catholic Herald | May 8, 2013:

ROME – The death of Giulio Andreotti, at the age of 94, marks a milestone in Italian, indeed European, history. Andreotti dominated Italian politics for decades, and was nicknamed l’eterno, the “Eternal One”.

Expert says Francis can and will deliver Vatican reform

Gary Scarrabelotti — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 05:11:17 +0000

By John L. Allen Jr. | National Catholic Reporter | April 2, 2013:

BUENOS AIRES– For all those curious as to whether Pope Francis can deliver the reform of the Roman Curia that was so much in the air during the pre-conclave period, the right person to ask would probably be someone who knows the Vatican from the inside out, and who also watched then-Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio work in Argentina.

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