Monday, March 3, 2014

Monsignor describes the man behind Vatican II

Benedict XVI affirms validity of his resignation
Pope Benedict XVI greets the crowd as he concludes his final public appearance from the balcony of the papal villa in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on the day of his resignation, in this Feb. 28, 2013, file photo. In a recent letter to an Italian journalist, P ope Benedict said questions about the validity of his resignation are "absurd." CNS photo / Paul Haring.
Today the Italian newspaper La Stampa has published excerpts of a letter from Benedict XVI, who wrote to affirm the existence of only one Pope, Francis. For full story see The B.C. Catholic website.

Pope John XXIII was like a humble, ambitious grandfather
Pope Paul VI, the Pope who brought the Second Vatican Council to its conclusion after the death of Pope John XXIII, blesses a kneeling man. Father Pedro Lopez-Gallo is on the Pope's right. Felici.
His revolutionary changes to the Catholic Church made Pope John XXIII anything but a quickly forgotten transition Pope. For full story see The B.C. Catholic website.


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Rome had the right man to bring forth historic change
Pope Benedict XVI walks away after his final public appearance from the balcony of the papal villa in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on the day of his resignation, in this Feb. 28, 2013, file photo. In a recent letter to an Italian journalist, Pope Benedict sai d questions about the validity of his resignation are "absurd." CNS photo / Paul Haring.
Anybody who ever thought the Church never changes must have had another thought crash their party a year ago when Pope Benedict XVI stepped down from the throne of Peter. For full story see The B.C. Catholic website.

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