The Good Catholic Life

By Scot Landry St. Mary Major is the most ancient Church in the west dedicated to the Blessed Mother. Unlike the other Basilicas, the decision to build this Church to glorify God wasn’t one of an emperor but was based on strong desire by the faithful to honor the Mother of God. When it was […]

By Scot Landry The election of Pope Francis occurred at least a day earlier than most prognosticators predicted.  We are blessed with our new Holy Father.  The early election also provided us with an opportunity to visit some of the sites away from St. Peter’s Square, since we weren’t needed to be around for the […]

By Scot Landry The big event on Saturday was a gathering of Pope Francis with all the credentialed media in Rome to cover the papal transition. Since we had heard that more than 5,000 media were credentialed and that families were also invited, we wanted to get in line early to make sure we had […]

Cardinal Seán is in Rome to participate in the Inauguration of Pope Francis on Tuesday morning. He recorded the following audio message for Boston Catholics for the Feast of St. Patrick, patron saint of the Archdiocese of Boston and of all of Ireland. Audio message (press play): Direct link: http://media.thegoodcatholiclife.com/SOMStPatricks2013.mp3 Transcript: Saint Patrick’s Day in […]

Summary of today’s show: After emerging from the silence of the conclave that elected Pope Francis, Cardinal Seán O’Malley of Boston met with reporters from Boston and beyond to discuss voting in the conclave, his impressions of the new Holy Father, and what he takes away from the experience. Also, Scot Landry provides his perspective […]

By Scot Landry, March 14, 2013 At 2:00pm Rome time, Cardinal Seán O’Malley met with members of the media from Boston and later with Univision. In my brief conversations with Cardinal Seán before and after the media events, it was very apparent that he rejoiced in the election of Pope Francis and that he was […]

Summary of today’s show: Due to the successful vote of the conclave and the announcement of the election of Pope Francis, this pre-recorded show from Wednesday, March 13, did not air. Rather than let these great interviews with Scot of Kim Daniels of Catholic Voices USA, Greg Erlandson of Our Sunday Visitor, and James Stella […]

Summary of today’s show: Who is Pope Francis? Scot Landry and Fr. Roger Landry talk about the former Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, now Pope Francis, who he is, how he was elected, what he was like as a Jesuit priest and archbishop in Argentina, and what we can expect from him in the future. Plus, how […]

By Scot Landry, March 14, 2013 It was pouring rain when George and I made our way to St. Peter’s Square at 5:15pm Rome time.  I remember thinking how unlikely the smoke would billow out around 5:30pm, which would mean that the new Pope was elected on the 4th ballot.  I thought we’d be standing […]

By Scot Landry, March 12, 2013 Tuesday began in Rome at 7:00am at the North American College.  The American Cardinals had gathered there for one last time as a group for a “class” shot of the Cardinal-electors.  Originally this was going to be a simple event with only the Catholic News Service photographer present.  However, […]