The "Apple" of Tim's Eye: From Rome, The Cardinal Talks New York

Returning again to the "star" of this Consistory , in keeping with an emphatic point of his major Vatican speech on Friday -- tha...

At the Consistory, A Changing of the Guard

Keeping with longtime custom, the American Cardinals present at this Consistory gathered around the group's newest members for an update...

"The Rock That Is to Prevail": At Cardinals' Mass, the Pope on Peter's Chair

With this Sunday being observed in the Vatican as the feast of the Chair of Peter -- its usual date of February 22nd superseded by this yea...

Long day, folks. Once the torrent begins to ease after this morning's Non-Ring Mass, more recap/analysis, etc. For now, buona notte e bu...

For the Redbirds, A Whirlwind Day

The formal ritual of elevation might now be in the books, but the rest of this Consistory Day in Rome traditionally takes the form of a goos...

Amid Vatican Storm, Pope Calls His "Senate" to "A Service of Love"

With the usual flash of color that invariably makes it one of the Vatican's most vivid days, this morning brought the creation of 22 new...

"Scarlet Audio-Visual Aids" -- Dolan on "The Announcement of the Gospel Today"... "Even to the Shedding of Blood"

As expected -- and now, freshly released by the Vatican -- here below is the fulltext of the much-awaited keynote on the New Evangelization...