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Electing a Pope: Current Events, Ancient Heritage

More than 130 Cardinals will start voting on who gets Simon Peter’s job — the job he had before becoming St. Peter — after Pope Francis, starting next Monday. “Conclave to elect new Pope to begin on May 7th” Lisa … Continue reading

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A Tale of Two Customers

It’s two tales and two customers, actually. But that title was too cool to pass up. Anyway, I worked at a place called Pellegrini Refrigeration for most of the time I spent in San Francisco.1 Part of my job was … Continue reading

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Funeral for Pope Francis: Vatican News Links

You probably know about this already: The (short) article includes several links to “channels and platforms” for the broadcast. I’m still working out what time it’ll be here in central Minnesota, and which channel/platform would get along best with this … Continue reading

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Choosing a New Pope: Change and Constants

Most headlines in my news feed don’t involve the death of Pope Francis, or what’s happening in Vatican City, now that we’re in the process of mourning one pope and selecting another. That’s fine by me, since a number of … Continue reading

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Pope Francis: Ceremony in Saint Martha’s House Chapel

Noted: We’ve been handing the death of popes for something like two millennia now, so we have procedures for this sort of thing. I mentioned his death yesterday. (Monday, it’s still Tuesday here in Minnesota.) A few seconds of the … Continue reading

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