This is a great video. We are told that for the first time in history, the Basilica remained opened throughout the night for the faithful to pay their respects to the deceased pope and to pray for the happy repose of His Holiness’ soul.
Two million faithful, yes, you read that correctly, two million faithful passed through the doors of the Basilica to see and pray for the deceased Pope John XXIII.
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The turnout for Pope Francis would have been pathetic but for the young pilgrims who were there already for the Holy Year - papal papalotor hardest hit!
Father McDonald said..."Two million faithful, yes, you read that correctly, two million faithful passed through the doors of the Basilica to see and pray for the deceased Pope John XXIII."
That is not surprising as Pope Saint John XXIII enjoyed tremendous popularity among Catholics, as well as non-Catholics. He remains a beloved Pope to countless folks within, and without, the Church.
It is a shame, however, that more than a few "traditionalists" have long denounced Pope Saint John XXIII as a "modernist" who inflicted monumental damage supposedly upon the Church.
Example:
In 2018 A.D., New Catholic (Rorate Caeli) employed the discredited "Pennsylvania Report" to launch a vile attack against Pope Saint John XXIII, as well as additional Vatican II Era holy Popes.
https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2018/08/the-pennsylvania-truth-john-xxiii-paul.html
-- John XXIII, Paul VI, and John Paul II were no saints
"But as the Church "opened itself to the world", according to the desire of John XXIII, worldly behaviors infiltrated the Church more and more.
"How could John XXIII and John Paul II have been canonized? Their systematic failures in the naming of bishops were monstrous.
"How can Francis dare beatify and now canonize Paul VI, one of the worst popes in history, whose nominations throughout the world, and in the United States, managed to make what was bad truly awful?
"Let us be honest: as administrators, John XXIII, Paul VI, and John Paul II were no saints...their express-rite canonizations are shown, with each passing week, to have been horrible mistakes.
"The time will surely come in the future to reassess these failed pontificates..."
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Such is the depressing world of right-wing extremism...of radtrad-ism.
Anyway, Deo gratias to the millions of Catholics, as well as non-Catholics, who, decades ago, had showered Pope Saint John XXIII with love and respect.
Love and respect for Pope Saint John XXIII remain in force today.
Pax.
Mark Thomas
Here are a couple of clues why Francis had a poor showing (only bolstered by a youth group that was in Rome anyway):
Francis was an extreme authoritarian who ruled by motu proprio (of his own initiative) because such ukase-style edicts allowed him to bypass the checks and balances of normal government. In this respect, he was like a Russian czar, an absolute monarch or a mob boss, down to the throwing of tantrums and swearing like a dockyard labourer when he was slow to get his way. He wielded his power capriciously, cherry picking Catholic teaching or overriding canon law to give weight to his own prejudices. Sometimes, he would ignore the rules completely. For instance, he made covid injections mandatory for Vatican employees, even though Church teaching upheld their right to reject such medical impositions.
He used his authority to protect sinister friends from justice, such as Father Marko Rupnik, a fellow Jesuit who was accused of the serial rape of more than a dozen nuns, sometimes in quasi-satanic rituals. Rupnik was excommunicated latae sententiae (automatically) after he granted absolution in the confessional to a woman with whom he was having sex. This was an offence of such enormity under the Code of Canon Law that only the Pope could lift the sentence. Rupnik was rehabilitated and to this day is a priest in good standing who is living in a convent (where else?). It is good to have friends in high places.
Holy, holy
TJM,
How dare you spread those slanders that multiple sources have verified or are plain to see!
Nick
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