The Rev. Gerald E. Murray, J.C.D. is a canon lawyer and the pastor of Holy Family Church in New York City. His new book (with Diane Montagna), Calming the Storm: Navigating the Crises Facing the Catholic Church and Society, will be published on April 7, 2022.
In February 2013 Raymond Arroyo asked me to join him, Robert Royal, and Fr. Roger Landry to provide on-air commentary during EWTN’s coverage of the papal conclave that would end up choosing the Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, to be pope. This “Conclave Crew” (without, sadly, Fr. Landry, who was called to work as an attaché at the Holy See Mission to the United Nations, and who became a resident priest at my parish near the U.N. complex in New York) would soon morph into the “Papal Posse,” which continues to make regular appearances on The World Over with Raymond Arroyo. …