My heart aches to tell you my dear friend Jonathan Clements recently found out he's dying of cancer.

Your heart will ache as you read what he's written about it.

He faces death with the same grace, honor and humor with which he's always faced life.

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Pope Francis made history by becoming the first pope to address the G7 Conference. Francis X. Rocca, Senior Vatican Analysis for EWTN News, discusses what the Holy Father shared with world leaders with Montse Alvarado and Catherine Hadro.

A new papal title after 'Vicar of Christ', 'Patriarch of the West', 'Successor of Peter', etc.?

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Commenting for EWTN News In Depth on Pope Francis’s participation in the G7 summit and the Vatican’s history of support for multilateralism. youtu.be/54mE7F0XTRY?si…

Btw it’s awfully typical of the Vatican that, at an international gathering, a poem composed in English and attributed (though incorrectly) to an English saint should be recited in Italian translation.

Here is an article on the origin of the prayer attributed by Pope Francis (following many others) to St. Thomas More. crudele.it/papers/Moreana…

.Julia Louis-Dreyfus and David Sedaris also among the “artists from the world of humor” meeting with Pope Francis this morning at the Vatican. Regrettably, Armando Iannucci not attending.

Angels or Aliens? Some Researchers Say Vatican Archives Hold UFO Secrets thetablet.org/angels-or-alie…

Awaiting the start of Verdi’s Otello at the Teatro dell’Opera in Rome. Hope it has a happy ending!

An interesting and important counterpoint to yesterday’s reports of the pope’s closed-door comments, but also another layer of mystery.

This Baptist leader is calling for more time to consider a creed formulated in the fourth century. Now that’s conservatism.

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