Thanks to the council, young people have been taught to see the world not simply as a threat to Christian life, but as an opportunity to announce the Gospel.

We have to see in the next couple of days if the Chinese government will congratulate Cardinal Zen or not.

He is the most highly ranked member of the Curia that the U.S. has ever had.

This sends support to Boston, the church that has suffered most in the Catholic communion. The pope has decided to honor, thank and express trust in O'Malley.

This pope wants to get to the essentials. He wants to be listened to. It's clarity he's after, not stardom.

This can be done in a thousand different ways, but the question is: Will collegiality have a turning point?