How about that Pope Francis? It seems that every few days there is another interesting news story about how he’s shifting the gears for the way the papacy is exercised. He seems to be leading by example. We all know the drama from his first few weeks. Let’s start with Francis. He was the first pope ever...
We heard the announcement late this morning, eastern time, that the date for the papal conclave is set: Tuesday, March 12. We’ve all been guessing this date since Pope Benedict XVI resigned. The next guessing game is when will we have a new pope? Based on the last few, we should have a pope by the end...
Look what I found the other day—it’s the original iPad! (Or is it some kind of droid?) Actually, it’s a teacher’s tool from yesteryear, a handheld chalkboard. It’s about the size of two notebook sheets put together, and this, like all respectable handhelds or tablets, has an...
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John Feister on Feb 11, 2013 in
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Coming down Vine Street at 7:15 a.m., I heard NPR scrambling to get a story together on Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation. It had happened, they said, only an hour earlier. Though we Church wonks have speculated on this for years, it’s the first papal resignation since the 1400s and we’re all...
The other day, a few of us from Franciscan Media traveled the short ride to the University of Dayton (UD) to attend the annual gathering of online religious educators. I’ll talk more about that group in an another blog; for now I’d like to focus on a fascinating person I met there. Sean Patrick...
