Posts by Edward Mulholland

For the first time in six centuries a pope has retired. Early this morning the chattering classes on the networks were “handicapping” the “frontrunners.” One eagerly suggested that since the Church was

A motu propio is a document the Holy Father issues “on his own initiative.”  Examples of such documents include John Paul II’s reorganization of the Roman curia and Pope Benedict’s recent proclamation

By Dr. Edward Mulholland | Benedictine College Asst. Professor of Classical and Modern Languages Back in the early ’80s when Pope John Paul II asked the Archbishop of Munich, Joseph Ratzinger to