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Thursday, January 5, 2023

SPLENDID REQUIEM FOR POPE BENEDICT XVI

You can access Pope Francis homily HERE.


 The piazza is packed with the faithful who erupt in rapturous applause as Pope Benedict’s casket is carried out to St. Peter’s Square. The Vatican Choir sings splendidly. A slight fog hovers over the sad but joyous event—a Supreme Pontiff hope of eternal life by the Grace of God…






5 comments:

Fr. David Evans said...

Save for the presence of priests who think baseball caps and wooly hats are appropriate garb

Fr. Allan J. McDonald said...

Yes! I was annoyed by that too, but worse they did not remove their headgear for the Liturgy of the Eucharist! That was shameful!

TJM said...

Fr McDonald,

They likely do not know!

rcg said...

The WSJ bemoaned the terse reference to +Pope Benedict in the homily. I think instead the Pope understood who and what the Mass is about and kept the references properly proportioned.

ByzRus said...

Agree with rcg.