I just discovered that the last public Mass presided over by Pope Francis was the Jubilee Year Mass for the Armed Forces, Police and Security Personnel on February 9, 2025. The main celebrant, though, and hold on, was Pope Leo XIV, aka, Robert Cardinal Prevost.
I had a clairvoyant experience when I watched that Mass. It was cold outside at St. Peter’s Square and a bit windy. I thought to myself that the pope did not look well. I wondered if he had a death wish being out there in the cold.
The next day, Pope Francis was admitted to the hospital and thus continued his journey to death and new life.
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Father McDonald,
Here is an interesting article from all places, the Federalist, about Pope Leo's ostensible liturgical sensibilities.
https://thefederalist.com/2025/05/09/why-pope-leo-xiv-will-probably-not-be-francis-2-0/
Maybe the outdoor mass was Vance's or Prevost's idea, was there anyone on the grassy knoll?
Father McDonald, I appreciate this thread.
By the way, I appreciate your continued holy, powerful defense and promotion of Pope Leo XIV.
Thank you.
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With Father McDonald's permission:
I do not believe that the following important declaration by Pope Leo XIV this past Sunday has received sufficient news media attention:
"I greet the participants in the “Let’s choose life” demonstration,..."
From: Pacific Press Agency:
https://www.pacificpressagency.com/en/gallery/79188/quotlet039s-choose-lifequot-demonstration-in-rome
"Thousands of people took to the streets in Rome against abortion, euthanasia, surrogacy and assisted suicide. ‘Let us choose life’ was the slogan of the demonstration, which wound its way through the city centre and ended in Via dei Fori Imperiali."
The above link includes several uplifting photographs from the pro-life march to which holy Pope Leo XIV had called attention.
Several marches carried large, beautiful photographs of Pope Leo XIV.
In Pope Leo XIV, our Heavenly Father has raised for us a man of holiness and peace!
Deo gratias!
Pax.
Mark Thomas
Small thing I know, but I'm already seeing a variety of candle arrangements around/on the altar. Do we infer anything from this?
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