Grand Rapids Priest Reflects on Witnessing a Historic Papal Election

Grand Rapids Priest Reflects on Witnessing a Historic Papal Election

In 2013, the world watched as white smoke billowed into the sky, signaling a new chapter for the Catholic Church. Among the crowd in St. Peter's Square was Grand Rapids priest, Father Ron Hutchinson, who says he didn't just witness history, he felt it."Well, the first thing I felt is absolute fear, because we were in the middle of the piazza, and all of a sudden the crowd started rushing," Hutchinson, the Rector of the Basilica of St. Adalbert, …

Why the Papal elections matters for Ukraine during the war

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