Posts Tagged ‘Vatican’

Vatican Causes Unexpected Uproar with New Norms

I apologize for the lack of posts over the last few days. There is not much ecclesial news happening around these parts. When the Pope goes on vacation for the summer the Catholic news cycle slows down quite dramatically.
The most interesting tid-bit that has emerged within the last week is the Vatican’s release of modifications [...]

Koch for Unity

Tomorrow it is expected that Pope Benedict XVI will appoint Bishop Kurt Koch, current Bishop of Basel and former president of the conference of Swiss Bishops,  as the head of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. (In fact, the appointment has already been confirmed by Fr. Federico Lombardi.) Bishop Koch replaces Cardinal Walter Kasper [...]

Palliums Conferred

During this morning’s Mass celebrating the Feast of Ss. Peter and Paul, the Holy Father conferred the pallium on 38 new metropolitan archbishops.
To the glory of Almighty God and the praise of the Blessed Virgin Mary and of the apostles Peter and Paul, and of the Holy Roman Church, for the honor of the Churches, [...]

Pallium Mass Homily

Here is the full text homily given by Pope Benedict XVI at this morning’s Pallium Mass.

Dear brothers and sisters!
The biblical texts of this Eucharistic Liturgy of the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, in their great wealth, highlight a theme that could be summarized thus: God is close to his faithful servants and frees them [...]

Ss. Peter and Paul Vespers

The homily given by Pope Benedict XVI will be posted as soon as it is translated into English by the Vatican. Be sure to check for updates if you would like to read it.
Source: CatholicTV