Tagged: College of Cardinals
In the upcoming papal conclave we are seeing a lot of talk about “peripheral” or “Global South” cardinals—recent creations from Africa and Asia who are perceived as potential wild cards, often with eclectic views on the issues facing the Church...
Dominican friends of mine in England and Ireland were predictably delighted a few weeks back by the news that Fr. Timothy Radcliffe OP was to be appointed a cardinal. Equally predictable, unfortunately, has been the performative indignation and aspersion-casting of...
Papal biographer (and WPI contributor) Austen Ivereigh was in Rome for the consistory and the meeting of Cardinals at the end of August. It was also recently announced that he has been selected as a member of the drafting committee...
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