Newsmax: Praying for Pope Francis
NEW YORK (February 23, 2025) — Patrick Novecosky discussed Pope Francis' failing health this morning with Sarah Williamson and Rob Astorino on Newsmax's Wake Up America Weekend. Pope Francis has been "very different" from his predecessors in many ways, including with...
Newsmax: Praying for Pope Francis
NEW YORK (February 23, 2025) — Patrick Novecosky discussed Pope Francis' failing health this morning with Sarah Williamson and Rob Astorino on Newsmax's Wake Up America Weekend. Pope Francis has been "very different" from his predecessors in many ways, including with...
From the Vatican to Los Angeles
VATICAN CITY (March 16, 2013) -- Not only was today a first for the new Pope, but it was a first for me personally. After Pope Francis' historic audience with journalists (see my earlier blog post), I was interviewed by KNBC News (NBC4), Los Angeles. It was my first...
History in the making: Iowa Catholic Radio interview
MARCH 14, 2013 (VATICAN CITY) — Patrick Novecosky, editor of this blog and editor-in-chief of Legatus magazine, was a guest live from Vatican City on Iowa Catholic Radio in Des Moines, Iowa, this morning. He appeared on the Catholic Radio Iowa Morning Show with Jon...
Secrets of the papal conclave: WNAV interviews
MARCH 14, 2013 (VATICAN CITY) --Patrick Novecosky, editor of this blog, was acting as the Vatican correspondent for 1430 WNAV Radio in Annapolis, Maryland, this week. On Tuesday, March 12, Patrick spoke to WNAV news director Bill Lusby about the conclave and what to...
A bird’s eye view of history
by Patrick Novecosky MARCH 13, 2013 (VATICAN CITY) -- Having a bird's eye view on history is not all it's cracked up to be. When white smoke billowed forth from the Sistine Chapel's chimney, I was atop the colonnade of St. Peter's Basilica. At least 100,000 people in...
Black smoke. No Pope.
by Patrick Novecosky MARCH 12, 2013--Some cheered, but most of the pilgrims in St. Peter's Square groaned when black smoke began to billow out of the chimney of the Sistine Chapel this evening at around 7:40 pm local time [2:40 Eastern]. The cardinals' first vote in...
Awaiting the smoke
by Patrick Novecosky MARCH 12, 2013 -- Thousands of people are now crowded into St. Peter's Square, huddling under umbrellas in the rain. They have been watching this morning's Mass for the Election of a Pope, which took place inside the basilica, and the 115 cardinal...
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