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Ill-health Dogged His Life
Page 2 from 6th October 1978THE SUDDEN death of the Pope has led many people to call for greater consideration to be given to the health of papal condidates. Although an......
Cardinal Bertoli Is Given New Task
Page 2 from 11th May 1979Pope John Paul has made Cardinal Paolo Bertoli the new "camerlengo", or chamberlain, of the Church. this ensuring top level supervision of the......
Pope And Cardinal Due To Discuss Westminster Succession...
Page 1 from 12th December 2008BY SIMON CALDWELL CARDINAL Connac MurphyO'Connor was due to meet the Pope yesterday amid speculation that he will retire SOM. The Cardinal, 76,......
Pope No Longer Prisoner Of Vatican
Page 1 from 3rd November 1978Pope John Paul H has already made it absolutely clear that he does not intend to become a "prisoner of the Vatican". Within two weeks of his......
Let Us Pray For The Cause Of An Endearingly Humble Pope
Page 11 from 25th August 2006Catholics who can remember the autumn of 1978 will never forget the shock of the moment. "The Pope is dead," people were overheard saying in......
Conclave Reform Rumours Revived
Page 3 from 9th February 1973Vatican "experts" both clerical inside the walls of the Apostolic Palace, and lay outside are hard at work today attempting to assess the motives......
Cardinals Face Hard Decision
Page 1 from 13th October 1978The 112 Cardinal electors who will meet in conclave tomorrow to elect a new Pope are facing a difficult choice. This time they must elect, not a......
Cardinal's Career
Page 8 from 29th October 1982From page 1 enacting t he conciliar recommendations regarding the curia, Benelli was attacked for blocking innovations. He was a strong......
An Account Of How Cardinals Voted
Page 1 from 15th September 1978by John Carey Details of how the cardinals voted in the papal conclave have been revealed by an American Redemptorist priest. If his account is......
Conclave Must Be The Widest-open In Church History
Page 1 from 25th August 1978A discreet silence has fallen upon the papal side of Rome. On the other, the night clubs blare and the fallen people ply their trade and traffic......