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b'Summary of today\\u2019s show: Continuing our live coverage from Rome, Scot Landry welcomed Fr. Roger Landry to discuss how the cardinals will be discerning who they will choose to be the next pope; Fr. Chris O\\u2019Connor and Mary Jo Kriz to reflect on being pilgrims in Rome at this time and on their pilgrimage in honor of Blessed John Paul II; Fr. Dennis Gill on Pope Benedict\\u2019s legacy through his emphasis on the liturgy as a catechism of our faith; and Lisa Hughes of WBZ-TV on how the Boston news station plans to cover the conclave. Also, a series of reflections from those involved in The Good Catholic Life on it\\u2019s two-year anniversary.\\nListen to the show:\\n\\nWatch the show via live video streaming or a recording later: \\nToday\\u2019s host(s): Scot Landry\\nToday\\u2019s guest(s): Fr. Dennis Gill, Mary Jo Kriz, Fr. Chris O\\u2019Connor, Fr. Roger Landry, Lisa Hughes\\nLinks from today\\u2019s show:\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nToday\\u2019s topics: LIVE from Rome: Conclave date set; In the Footsteps of John Paul II; Liturgy as Catechism; Two-Year Anniversary\\n1st segment: Scot Landry welcomed everyone to the show coming from Rome. It\\u2019s our two-year anniversary show. He welcomed Fr. Roger Landry to the show.\\nScot said the Vatican press office had announced earlier today that the date for the conclave would be set today. Fr. Roger said that focuses the attention of the cardinals on their immediate preparations to whittle down their lists for who they will vote for on the first ballot. It helps us to expedite our own prayers to help them in their discernment. Every Catholic has a role to play in asking the Holy Spirit to guide them\\nScot said Cardinal Se\\xe1n had said he\\u2019d hoped the cardinals would choose to spend as much time as they needed in the general congregations to discern who they would vote for. Fr. Roger said he thinks the cardinals will pray for a way to discern out of 115 potential candidates the one choice. They have to get beyond the acquaintance stage to really get to know one another so they are comfortable entrusting the future of the Catholic Church to one man. They\\u2019re looking for someone to teach, to sanctify, and to govern.\\nFr. Roger has been in Rome for four days now. Scot asked him what he\\u2019s been up to. Fr. Roger said for EWTN he was filming a lot of small segments connecting Church history with the present conclave. Much of the churches of Rome provide the context for the papacy. He shows the meaning of the things that we all see, like the obelisk in St. Peter\\u2019s Square, the fa\\xe7ade, the statue of Christ, the inscriptions regarding St. Peter in the building. He said the Altar of the Chair has an inscription that \\u201cYou the Shepherd of the Sheep, Shepherd the Sheep of God,\\u201d which is actually directed to Jesus as the True Shepherd by the Pope.\\nFr. Roger asks listeners to pray that the Holy Spirit to give the cardinals the light whom they should choose and then to give them patience. The process is long and stressful with two votes in morning and then afternoon. We should also pray that whomever is elected that we can embrace as Peter\\u2019s successor and Christ\\u2019s Vicar, even if we don\\u2019t really know him yet. Trust in God\\u2019s work through the cardinals and follow him.\\nScot said a lot has been made in the media about the clash of cultures between the American cardinals sharing in the media versus the curial cardinals who didn\\u2019t like it. Does that signal a long conclave? Fr. Roger thinks it will be a conclave. After the first few days of voting, they will pause for a day of meditation. He thinks no cardinal will get more than a handful of votes in the first few ballots and it will take time to whittle them down. But we can be assured that there will be a pope eventually on that balcony.\\nScot asked Fr. Roger what he would say about the importance of Catholic radio. Fr. Roger said Catholic radio helps us to live the good Catholic life. It\\u2019s not enough just to know the truth, but how to live it. Each Thursday, when he\\u2019s on the show, we look at the news headlines through Catholic lenses. Sometimes it\\u2019s bad news, sometimes it\\u2019s great news. Regardless when we look at the news with the eyes of faith, there\\u2019s always hope. The Lord is always trying to bring good out of evil. It\\u2019s been a great joy for him to examine current events through Catholic lenses on this show.\\n2nd segment: Scot welcomes Fr. Chris O\\u2019Connor back to the show. He said Fr. Chris celebrated a Mass at the tomb of Bl. John Paul II. He said he is half-Polish and he is full of joy to see the good that this native son of Poland has done for the world. To be at the tomb of this holy man is to be inspired. It makes you want to deepen your prayer life.\\nScot said more than half of the popes are buried in St. Peter\\u2019s but John Paul\\u2019s tomb is special to us. Fr. Chris said he called us to a greater sense of holiness and a greater respect for human life. He recalled an anecdote in which Mikhail Gorbachev called John Paul II the moral authority in the world today.\\nFr. Chris said he was stubborn in the best sense of the word and bulldozed through any obstacles placed in the way of freedom for his homeland. He had great confidence in Christ giving him the strength to overcome the scourge of communism.\\nScot noted that when John Paul was shot in St. Peter\\u2019s Square, he turned to the Blessed Mother. He asked Fr. Chris what he saw in Poland that exemplified that devotion. He said the shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa is a sign of the country\\u2019s identity and devotion. The Poles are extremely devoted to her and every August millions of them walk dozens or hundreds of miles in pilgrimage to her shrine.\\nIn a period waiting for the conclave, Scot asked Fr. Chris about wanting to have the next pope be of such quality that he is called \\u201cThe Great\\u201d immediately after he goes home to God someday, just like with John Paul in 2005. Fr. Chris said as they\\u2019ve walked around Rome the last few days, people have engaged in the guessing game, but his sense is that whoever walks out on the balcony we\\u2019re all going to embrace and love.\\nScot asked Fr. Chris about his favorite moments participating in the show the past two years. He said he\\u2019s impressed by the number of people who tell him they listen to the program and find it rewarding. He said he admires and respects the work Scot is doing to get the Catholic message out. Fr. Chris said it\\u2019s like we\\u2019re holding conferences every day with incredible topics. He said you\\u2019re always hearing people share their faith and how it\\u2019s impacted their lives.\\nScot said one of the moving moments for him was Fr. Chris sharing how he visits Norfolk state prison and hears how many men there listen to the show. Scot said he heard from a firefighter who plays the show in the firehouse and turns it up to help evangelize his brother and sister firefighters.\\nFr. Chris said of the men in Norfolk that many of them are saints. He hears from them that this is another resource for their faith. Christ said \\u201cwhen I was in prison, you visited me\\u201d and \\u201cwhen I was sick you visited with me\\u201d and Catholic media is a way of doing that.\\nScot asked Fr. Chris\\u2019 hope for the Church with this opportunity to share with others in this media scrutiny. Fr. Chris said the Church has a long tradition and people will see that in the coming days, the grandiosity and beauty of Rome. In the midst of the chaos of the Church, we can witness that we are one, holy, catholic, and apostolic. Jesus governs the Church through its visible head, the Pope. The Church can be seen to pray together in Masses. She is apostolic through the many trips of the pope throughout the world. We are catholic by the diversity of cardinals coming to Rome and the pilgrims see in the city.\\nThe media will focus on the power of the papacy, but we focus on the service of the papacy, which serves us in every way.\\nScot said we can see the disagreements in the Church and the different cultures, with an example in the different approaches to the media by the different groups of cardinals. Christ called us to love one another and we do see that love ultimately despite the differences.\\nFr. Chris said it\\u2019s a blessing to be in Rome to see it all play out. The Church is like any human family, with strengths and weaknesses. He has the conviction that whomever walks out on that balcony, we will embrace him with great joy. We trust the decision is made by the cardinals with the guidance and direction of the Holy Spirit.\\n3rd segment: Scot welcomed Mary Jo Kriz, who\\u2019s been part of the St. John Seminary Master of Arts in Ministry pilgrimage in the footsteps of Pope John Paul II. Mary Jo said it\\u2019s been an amazing time. She said today they had a beautiful Mass at the altar of Bl. John Paul II with Fr. Chris O\\u2019Connor, Fr. Jonathan Gaspar and Fr. Eric Bennett. The message was to \\u201cbe not afraid\\u201d in this time of transition.\\nScot said it was clear in Fr. Chris\\u2019 homily how close he was to John Paul and many of us feel the same. Mary Jo said praying by the tomb made her feel like he was there. She met him in 1995 in Rome and she had the same feeling again.\\nScot said more than half of all the popes are buried in St. Peter\\u2019s and that makes it awesome to pray in that place. John Paul leaves a great legacy for the Church. For those who haven\\u2019t been to Rome, he asked her to sum up what it means to be in Rome. She said they had the opportunity to pray Vespers in Assisi and before that with the cardinals in St. Peter\\u2019s. No matter where we go in the world, it\\u2019s the same prayers and the same Mass. The Lord affirmed her faith. If you can get to Rome, you will feel at home.\\nScot asked Mary Jo about a story of a family member who was stunned to hear her voice on the radio yesterday. She\\u2019s originally from Buffalo and a family member from the area sent her an email saying she turned on the Catholic radio station there and heard her voice. That\\u2019s the power of Catholic radio.\\nScot said when people tell him they hear the show, he asks them how often they listen. Some heard it while surfing the dial and others don\\u2019t miss it.\\nHe asked Mary Jo if she\\u2019s disappointed that the election of the pope didn\\u2019t occur while she was there and she agreed she was, but Providence provides.\\n4th segment: Scot welcomes Fr. Dennis Gill, a priest of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and a former professor at the North American College. He said he is a professor of liturgy but is also an expert in the conclave.\\nHe said he has no idea when it will start, but it appears the cardinals are taking the preparation time very seriously.\\nScot asked if he thought it would be a short conclave. Fr. Gill said he thinks it will go quickly because the cardinals have had this lengthy preparation time and they will know early on the man they think should be the Vicar of Christ.\\nScot asked his hopes for the focus on liturgy. Fr. Gill said it will take years for us to assess the affect that Pope Benedict had on the liturgy. He has a profound understanding of the liturgy as a divine event. He brought new light to a reading of Sacrosanctum concilium and his writing has helped clarify and reorient the Sacred Liturgy and that will endure. He thinks the next Holy Father will have to continue what Pope Benedict has done, which is an ongoing presentation of what the Vatican Council did. He said much of what Pope Benedict said and did was not fully accepted worldwide and so he hopes the next Holy Father will be even more proactive.\\nScot said the liturgy teaches us so much about our faith. Fr. Gill said the liturgy is the principal catechism of the Church, in the way it\\u2019s celebrated as well as its content in the prayers and Biblical content. It\\u2019s important to highlight the liturgy in this Year of Faith.\\n5th segment: Scot welcomed Lisa Hughes of WBZ-TV to the show. He asked her how she got this assignment. She said she got very lucky. She was there when Cardinal Se\\xe1n was made a cardinal.\\nScot asked what it\\u2019s like to cover a story in Rome versus a story in Boston. She said the Internet connection isn\\u2019t as good, the streets are a bit more mysterious to them, but there\\u2019s something so exciting in being there, hearing the languages and the excitement. The Vatican is the epicenter of it all.\\nScot said it\\u2019s like a journalist convention with more than 5,000 credentialed. Lisa said they see cameras everywhere they go. She said they went to , which is the tailor that makes the pope\\u2019s vestments, and there were already many cameras there, and she\\u2019s sure there will be many more wherever they go. It is such a big city that they\\u2019re not on top of each other yet.\\nLisa said their reports will start airing Sunday night during the 6:30 broadcast, and when the conclave starts they will be on live on the 5 and 6pm shows Monday through Friday and live whenever the announcement comes.\\nScot said as we close the show that he is happy to relay the news that the date for the conclave has been set by the cardinals to begin on Tuesday, March 12. He asked everyone to redouble their prayers for them as a group and to pray for the man who is elected who is taking on a significant ministry of service.\\nScot reflected on being host of the show for the past two years.'