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Sacred Spaces
St. Peter’s Church (Peterskirche) Vienna, Austria
True Beauty
O Vos Omnes (Newman University Church, Dublin, Ireland)
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Michael Pakaluk
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Francis X. Maier
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John M. Grondelski
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Robert Royal
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Brad Miner
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COMMENTARY
NOTABLE
Pope Francis packs his “senate”
Rocco Palmo, Whispers in the Loggia
Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Upon the new class’ [of Cardinals] entrance, Francis will have chosen 73 voters in a hypothetical Conclave, comprising just shy of 60 percent of the total. For context, the Roman Pontiff is elected by a supermajority of two-thirds. Yet far more significantly, the electors don’t merely choose the next pope – one of them will be next the pope.