Category: Church
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apostolica sedes vacans: conclave date set
The 4th General Congregation was held this morning in Rome. 116 cardinals were present at this meeting of the 122 in the Vatican. While the number of cardinal-electors is 117, all the cardinals including those over the age of 80 are to participate in the General Congregation. The congregation set the date of April 18th,…
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pope john paul ii: day four of mourning
A reading from the Catechism of the Catholic Church Our Father…Hail Mary…Glory Be… Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord. And let perpetual light shine upon him. Father, in your wise and loving care you made your servant, John Paul II, Pope and teacher of all your Church. He did the work of Christ on…
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apostolica sedes vacans: 3rd meeting of the congregation
This morning, the Congregration met again. This time 88 of the 91 cardinals present in Rome attended. The most intersting part of today’s press bulletin regarding this meeting is the discussion of the “in pectore” cardinal. In 2003, Pope John Paul II named a name cardinal “in pectore”, that is he named him in his…
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pope john paul ii: vatican tv
I’m not sure if this is new or not but you can pull a live feed from Vatican TV online now. The feed, via the Vatican website, is provided in RealMedia and Windows Media Player formats in three bitrates. On a related note, the Papal Funeral Mass will be presented live at St. Mary’s Cathedral…
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Apostolica Sedes Vacans: Crest of the Vacant See
Anyone who has visited the Vatican website lately has seen this crest on the homepage. This is the crest of the Vacant See. Usually, the Apostolic See’s crest is this image with the triregno (the three-tiered papal crown) without the umbracullum (better known as the ombrellino; it’s the umbrella). The triregno is obviously a symbol…
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pope john paul ii: day three of mourning
A reading from a sermon by St. Leo the Great, pope 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. God our Father may your servant Pope John Paul II, rejoice in the fellowship of the successors of Peter whose…