"'White smoke' was all that my friend's text said.
"That was, of course, all that I needed to hear to know that the quiet
afternoon I had planned in my office at Catholic University would no
longer be so quiet. That text was followed by an invitation to everyone
on campus to gather in the student lounge to watch the events of the
afternoon unfold and to wait for the announcement of the 'gaudium
magnum' or 'great joy' that we, once again, had a pope.
"So, I gathered with colleagues and many students to spend the afternoon
together, both wishing I was in Rome and grateful to be exactly where I
was."
In a recent commentary, writer/Professor Lucia A. Silecchia
reflected on the election of Pope Leo XVI and its link to all the "generations that came before us and in whose footsteps we are blessed to follow."
To access Professor Silecchia's complete post, please visit:
The Pilot: Echoes: Lucia A. Silecchia: The past, present, and future of Ordinary Time (21 MAY 25)
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