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Francis X. Rocca

@fxrocca.bsky.social

Journalist specializing in the Vatican and global religion, senior analyst for EWTN News, ex @wsj.com, director: “Voices of Vatican Il” https://bit.ly/3V0ddKV. Email: fxrocca@gmail.com.

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Francis X. Rocca@fxrocca.bsky.social · last yr.

Vatican press office: “The Holy Father’s clinical condition remains stable. Blood tests, evaluated by the medical staff, show a slight improvement, particularly in signs of inflammation.”

Francis X. Rocca@fxrocca.bsky.social · last yr.

Italy’s PM Giorgia Meloni visited Pope Francis in the hospital today. “I am very happy to have found him alert and responsive,” she said. “We joked as always. He has not lost his legendary sense of humor.”

Francis X. Rocca@fxrocca.bsky.social · 2y ago

Vatican press office says the pope has double pneumonia and is receiving corticosteroid and antibiotic therapy for his polymicrobial infection. Says the pope is nevertheless in good spirits.

Francis X. Rocca@fxrocca.bsky.social · 2y ago

Biden’s canceled visit to Italy deprives him of a valedictory meeting with Pope Francis, a missed chance to stress his legacy as the second Catholic president — and as a progressive leader on issues, such as migration and the environment, championed by the pope.

Francis X. Rocca@fxrocca.bsky.social · 2y ago

Online reactions to the Washington appointment yesterday are a reminder that the Internet and especially social media have made church politics an activity for laypeople in a way that would have been unthinkable a few decades back.

Francis X. Rocca@fxrocca.bsky.social · 2y ago

In light of reports that Pope Francis will name Cardinal McElroy archbishop of Washington, I'm reupping a double profile of the cardinal and his fellow Californian Archbishop Cordileone, who together epitomize much of the division in the Catholic Church in the U.S. today. www.wsj.com/articles/two...

Two California Bishops Personify Catholic Divide Over Politics of Abortion

As bishops gather this week in Southern California, Cardinal-designate Robert McElroy of San Diego and Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco represent progressive and conservative wings of ...

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Francis X. Rocca@fxrocca.bsky.social · 2y ago

The F word is everywhere now. As well as weakening every sentence in which it appears, it loses force from overuse. Serious question: what will replace it as the most powerful expletive?

Yashar Ali 🐘@yasharali.bsky.social · 2y ago

CNN statement on the Clarissa Ward report. Just want to note that in order get something on air at CNN it has to go through many layers of executives. This is a systemwide failure.

“No one other than the CNN team was aware of our plans to visit the prison building featured in our report that day. The events transpired as they appear in our film. The decision to release the prisoner featured in our report was taken by the guard—a Syrian rebel. We reported the scene as it unfolded, including what the prisoner told us, with clear attribution. We have subsequently been investigating his background and are aware that he may have given a false identity. We are continuing our reporting into this and the wider story.”