Latest news with #IndoDailyExtra
Irish Independent
09-05-2025
- Politics
- Irish Independent
The Indo Daily Extra: Pope Leo XIV – A progressive papacy or a rollback to more traditional Catholic values?
The conclave was short - barely 36 hours. Which means one thing: Pope Leo had the votes. But why him? Why now? And what does it mean that the next leader of 1.4 billion Catholics comes not from the Global South, where the faith is growing, but from the backyard of Donald Trump? Today on this extra episode of the Indo Daily, Ellen Coyne is joined by Michael Kelly, director of public affairs for Aid to the Church in Need, who has covered two previous conclaves, to ask whether the election of 69-year-old Pope Leo XIV will be a continuation of Pope Francis' gentle revolution or a rollback to more traditional Catholic values. The Indo Daily Extra: Pope Leo XIV – A progressive papacy or a rollback to more traditional Catholic values?
Irish Independent
21-04-2025
- Politics
- Irish Independent
The Indo Daily Extra: Pope Francis' death - his trip to Ireland, legacy and what happens next?
He was 88, and had suffered various ailments in his 12 year papacy. The death of a pope triggers a formal and lengthy period of mourning complete with many historic rituals that are completed before cardinals gather to elect a successor. These rituals include: certifying his death by calling out his name three times, sealing his apartment doors with red ribbons, and breaking his papal ring with shears. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said news of Pope Francis' death was cause for great sadness because of the departure of "a great man, a great shepherd". "I had the privilege of enjoying his friendship, his advice, his teachings, which never ceased not even during times of trial and suffering," Meloni said in a statement. "We say goodbye to the Holy Father with a heart full of sadness." Today on this Indo Daily Extra, Fionnán Sheahan is joined by Kevin Doyle, Group Head of News at Mediahuis Ireland, and Vatican based reporter Paddy Agnew, to look back at his trip to Ireland in 2018, examine his legacy and ask what happens next as the Catholic Church searches for a new pontiff.
