Showing posts with label Pope John XXIII. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pope John XXIII. Show all posts
La Crosse parish named for John XXIII travels to canonization
.- A pilgrim group from Roncalli Newman Parish in La Crosse, Wis., has journeyed to Rome for the canonization of Pope John XXIII, whose baptismal name was Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli.continue at Catholic News Agency
As the parish celebrates the 50th anniversary of its church building, its pastor Fr. James Kurzynski felt “that it would be wonderful to have some parishioners go to Rome to be present at the canonization Mass to remember this great event in the context of our 50th anniversary.”
“I felt that it's not just a once in a lifetime opportunity but it made a lot of sense in terms of the different celebrations our parish is having - but also the celebration for the universal Church with the canonizations of John Paul II and John XXIII,” Fr. Kurzynski told CNA April 26.
The dual canonization is particularly meaningful for the 40-year-old Wisconsin pastor.
“Up until Benedict, the only Pope I really knew was John Paul II,” he recounted. Thus, “as someone who would consider himself a JPII Catholic and a JPII priest, it means a great deal to me in terms of being here.”
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Abp. Listecki, Bp. Hying lead pilgrims to Rome for Divine Mercy canonizations
By the time that you are reading this LOA, we will be settling into our hotel rooms in Rome. Bishop Donald Hying, 66 brave pilgrims and I will be there for the canonization of Blessed John XXIII and Blessed John Paul II. I emphasize brave because of all the predictions about the number of people who will be there. Estimates range from 3 million on up to 7 million from Holy Week to Divine Mercy Sunday, April 27.Arch Mil
Now imagine the stress on the infrastructure of the city of Milwaukee if a million people were to show up for an event: hotels jammed, restaurants filled and long waiting lines for sightseeing. In Rome, the feeling of the city will be like the World Cup, World Youth Day and a Papal Conclave all rolled into one.
Let’s add one more ingredient into the mix and that is an extremely popular Pope Francis and the clamor to be in his presence. However, we will be there not for the popular show or just to do “touristy” things but because this is a spiritual moment.
I met with the pilgrims two weeks ago and shared with them my thoughts that this would be a moment of intense spiritual favor. I told them to take with them a variety of personal intentions, confident that the two new saints would be most receptive to the needs of those who traveled to honor their canonization.
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CreamCity: John XXIII, Progressive?
continue at Cream City CatholicWe also, impelled by the weightiest of reasons … are fully determined to restore this language [Latin] to its position of honor and to do all We can to promote its study and use. The employment of Latin has recently been contested in some quarters, and many are asking what the mind of the Apostolic See is in this matter. We have therefore decided to issue the timely directives contained in this document, so as to ensure that the ancient and uninterrupted use of Latin be maintained and, where necessary, restored. ~Pope John XXIII, Veterum Sapientia, February 22, 1962
The media loves to fashion alternate narratives when it comes to writing about the Catholic Church’s recent history. It’s a great way to undermine the Church’s mission, i.e., convince a majority of something completely untrue by repeating the same thing over and over. Before you know it, the myth becomes the new reality and the actual reality becomes an illusion. Those left defending the truth are small in number and appear awkwardly out-of-touch. As has been well documented here at Cream City Catholic, the most popular example of this nowadays has to do with the revisionist history regarding the Second Vatican Council. There’s what the Council actually did, or intended to do, which a simple reading of the documents will make abundantly clear, and then there’s what the “council” accomplished in the eyes of the media and liberals. The success of this strategy has been remarkable, as we now have a healthy majority of Catholics, many priests and bishops even, who believe that Vatican II was all about revolutionizing the Church’s liturgical life.
Worth the read.
Sancto subito!
In case you missed it, Divine Mercy feast next year.
via Catholic Vote
Expect a dose of abuse mishandlings by JPII to make the news leading up to this.
via Catholic Vote
Expect a dose of abuse mishandlings by JPII to make the news leading up to this.
Intervening in external affairs
[I]t must not be forgotten that the Church has the right and duty not only to safeguard her teaching on faith and morals, but also to exercise her authority over her children by intervening in their external affairs whenever a judgment has to be made concerning the practical application of this teaching.
John XXIII
Pacem in Terris
April 11, 1963
via Rorate Caeli
Franciscan popes, none of whom took the name Francis
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| "They had it coming" |
Pope Clement XIV (who suppressed the Jesuits)
Pope Nicholas IV
Pope Sixtus IV
Pope Sixtus V
Third order Franciscans
Pope Gregory X
Pope Pius IX
Pope Leo XIII
Pope St. Pius X
Blessed Pope John XXIII
via GOR
Yes, very thoughtful of Pope Francis and given that St. Francis is Italy’s patron it will have endeared him all the more to the Italians.Other interesting fact:
Then, showing he has a sense of humor he went on to relate how some Cardinals were suggesting other names to him. One said he should take ‘Adrian’. “Why Adrian?” he asked. “Because Pope Adrian VI was a great reformer.”
But another suggested he should choose ‘Clement’. “Why Clement?” he asked. “Well you could be Clement XV and have revenge on Clement XIV who suppressed the Jesuits!”
That brought roars of laughter from the assembled journalists - not least Fr. Lombardi who is also a Jesuit. In any case he does have another link to Pope Clement. Pope Clement XIV was a Franciscan…
The Brothers and Sisters of Penance of St. Francis is a Third Order founded in 1996 by members of the Archdiocese of St. Paul in Minnesota. It was established for those who wanted to follow the original Rule of the Order, given by Pope Nicholas IV, as opposed to following the new Rule of Life established by the Third Order of St. Francis in 1990.
*Father Peter Fehlner, FI said there were six Franciscan popes, but this is all I found.
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