Jeanie Hannaman

By Christopher R. Altieri, Catholic World Report - Coup de théâtre, as the French say, or colpo di scena in Italian, is an unexpected turn in a play or a film, often applied to real life when surprising developments unfold suddenly and to dramatic effect, making life imitate art... With the eyes of the whole world on Rome this week and the worldwide body of Catholic faithful waiting on tenterhooks for white smoke, I thought I’d sketch out three highly unlikely scenarios that would be good for some coup de théâtre. ...

By Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux, (Complicit Clergy) - While Francis’s legacy as a promoter of peace and justice, a warrior for environmental stewardship, and a crusader for an inclusive Church certainly resonates with clerics across Africa, many balk at defining the kind of pontiff who should be elected when the conclave begins meeting on May 7, except by noting that the new Pope should be like Christ himself... “I don’t want a Pope like Francis,” Mbarga told Crux... “I want a Pope who thinks and acts like Christ, and we pray that God gives us a good pope – a pope who can help us to go in heaven,” he said.