Category: Church

  • pope benedict xvi: he doesn’t play

    Annuntio vobis gaudium magnum; habemus Papam; Eminentissium ac Reverendissium Dominum, Dominum Josephum Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae Cardinalem Ratzinger Qui sibi nomen imposuit Benedictum XVI The Vatican Information Service released the first bulletin since the Habemus Papam. Tonight, the Holy Father will be residing at Domus Sanctae Marthae, the “hotel” all the cardinals are currently residing at…

  • pope benedict xvi

    “I announce to you a great joy! We have a Pope!” Cardinal Ratzinger has been elected the Supreme Pontiff: Benedict XVI Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Prefect of Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith , President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission and International Theological Commission, Dean of the College of Cardinals, was born on 16 April…

  • we have a pope!

    That’s all we know! It’s on TV now!

  • pope john paul ii: day nine of mourning

    A reading from the treatise On the Prescription of Heretics by Tertullian, priest Please visit http://www.usccb.org/liturgy/novena.pdf for the text. Our Father…Hail Mary…Glory Be Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord. And let perpetual light shine upon him. Lord, hear the prayers we offer for John Paul, your servant and priest. He faithfully fulfilled his ministry…

  • pope john paul ii: when are the novendiales?

    To clarify a point Hung brought up in the comment section: When are the novendiales? The novendiales, meaning novena, is a series of nine days of mourning for the dead. As I have been counting on this site, day 1 began last Sunday, the day after death. I will be mentioning this in detail as…

  • pope john paul ii: day eight of mourning

    A Reading from the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium (no. 23), as promulgated by the Fathers of the Second Vatican Council, first paragraph Our Father…Hail Mary…Glory Be… Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord. And let perpetual light shine upon him. Almighty and merciful God, eternal Shepherd of your people, listen to our…