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    we have a pope!

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

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    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.…

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    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.…

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    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…

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    pope john paul ii: beatification?

    I am a bit behind on updating this. With projects galore that all required time late this week and staying up all night to watch the funeral, I just haven’t…

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    pope john paul ii: day seven of mourning

    Matthew 10:1-4 Our Father…Hail Mary…Glory Be… Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord. And let perpetual light shine upon him. O God, from whom the just receive an unfailing reward,…

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    pope john paul ii: day six of mourning

    Today’s prayer is going online early. With the Pope’s funeral in the early morning hours and all the crazy things going on, I would rather be early than late as…

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    pope john paul ii: day five of mourning

    My apologies for this one. I left it in the queue too long… Luke 22:31-34 Our Father…Hail Mary…Glory Be… Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord. And let perpetual light…

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    in pectore cardinal, part 2

    ZENIT mentioned in a story published tonight that the cardinal in pectore’s name would be released after a few decades have passed, that is when Pope John Paul II’s archives…

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    in pectore cardinal

    Both Andrea and David asked related the same question regarding the in pectore cardinal that Pope John Paul II created in 2003. A little more background on cardinals: while not…