Soundings from Rome: Good News from a Pilgrim Church

By Br Mark O’Connor FMS, 1 September 2022

Rome woke up to a typical muggy morning on Wednesday 31 August. It had just seen two intense days of meetings of the College of Cardinals. The last time that Pope Francis summoned the cardinals to an extraordinary consistory was on 12-13 February 2015. So, there was much speculation about what had gone on amongst the world’s Cardinals, in these last few days.

As it happened 31 August was also the tenth anniversary of the passing over into the Lord of the great visionary Jesuit and Italian Church leader: Cardinal Maria Martini S.J.

Many see that the first Jesuit Pope has taken up much of the Martini vision.

Link to full article: https://catholicoutlook.org/soundings-from-rome-good-news-from-a-pilgrim-church/

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