The first video is a synopsis of the Divine Mercy Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square with Cardinal Parolin celebrating it. The second video is the full Mass including the Cardinal’s homily.
This Mass is part of the 9 days of Masses at St. Peter’s, either outside or inside, to pray for the happy repose of the soul of Pope Francis.
However, Divine Mercy Sunday is also a part of the Vatican’s ramped up celebrations during the Holy Year which brings so many pilgrims and tourists to Rome, especially at this time of year.
The Piazza is packed which hasn’t been seen in the last 6 years or so. The Pope’s funeral, pilgrims in town for Blessed Carlos Actus’ canonization (which was canceled due to the pope’s death, but pilgrims had non-refundable airline tickets and thus came and showed up for the funeral and Divine Mercy Sunday celebrations).
I suspect Pope Francis would have celebrated this open air Mass for Divine Mercy as a part of the Holy Year celebrations and because of his personal devotion to Divine Mercy.
Is Parolin “PAPABILE? They say he is, but I think there is a lot of baggage associated with his time as Secretary of State, from the debacle of the secret Chinese accords to mismanagement of investments that led to Vatican trials, the London deal being the biggest.
But he comes across to me as detached, aloof and dour. I just don’t think he has the out-going personality which in today’s world is needed in the papacy. What do you think?
To his credit, he does chant is parts of the Mass and nicely so!
6 comments:
I thought the same when I saw him this morning, especially during his awkward interaction with the children at the offertory.
Almost all the other cardinals have more pastoral experience, and I don't think it's likely that they'd choose someone who hadn't been a diocesan bishop.
He sold out Chinese Catholics; Asians not likely to forget.
He is the ultimate Vatican insider with teflon chasubile and the game is his name, suspected by most of knowing either all about the various financial goings-on in the Vatican, or of monumental incompetence to NOT know about them...either way, he will enter the conclave as pope and leave it as a cardinal.
And let us hope for a bureaucratic house cleaning when one is chosen.
The Church is too distracted by these temporal matters. Rank and file are fed up with the confusion and scandal. And, if the Curia disappeared, would it really make a difference? Administratively, perhaps, the salvation of souls, not one iota.
The real question is does he have a Pizzaballa's chance?
I'm feeling surprisingly un-opinionated about who should be elected, though there are a few about whom I strongly think should not be elected, and I pray accordingly. Parolin is one of the latter.
Nick
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