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FUNERAL MASS FOR FR. RAPHAEL ADEBAYO Today Thursday 12 January, 2023. 10am. Holy Cross Cathedral,
Cardinal Onaiyekan celebrates 40th anniversary of Episcopal Ordination Thursday afternoon, January 6th 1983, Pope John Paul II ordained one of the foremost Ecclesiastics of the Church in Nigeria, the Emeritus Archbishop of Abuja, then Monsignor John Onaiyekan, a Bishop at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. Today is the 40th anniversary of the Cardinal’s episcopal ordination.
When a Pope dies, he is placed in three coffins namely: Cypress, Lead and Elm, one inside the other, before being interred. Below explains the reasons. *The Cypress Coffin* This is the innermost coffin. It holds the pope’s body as well as a copy of the eulogy given at the funeral Mass. It also
In his homily at the Requiem Mass for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, Pope Francis commends his predecessor into the loving hands of God the Father, and prays that his joy may now be complete as he contemplates the Lord face to face. By Thaddeus Jones “Father, into your hands I commend my spirit.” Pope Francis
At 9:30 a.m. this morning Pope Francis presided over the funeral Mass of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. This is the full text of his homily: “Father, into your hands I commend my spirit” (Lk 23:46). These were the final words spoken by the Lord on the cross; his last breath, as it
Vatican City: Former pope Benedict, a hero to Roman Catholic conservatives who shocked the world by resigning nearly a decade ago, will be given a final farewell on Thursday at a funeral presided over by his successor, Pope Francis. Benedict died at 95 on New Year’s Eve in a monastery within the Vatican gardens where he
From the JPIC Secretariat in Rome: a summary of the contribution of Pope Benedict XVI to the Church’s social teaching through the encyclicals Deus Caritas Est and Caritas in Veritate , encouraging all of us to implement these teachings. (Copied with slight edition from the SHCJ Leadership team in Rome) Please click below to view
Ahead of his funeral on Thursday, the body of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI lies in state in St Peter’s Basilica, where the faithful can pay their final respects and to offer their prayers for the repose of the soul of the late Joseph Ratzinger. By Christopher Wells The mortal remains of Pope Emeritus Benedict
POPE EMERITUS BENEDICT XVI (1927-2022) On the 2nd of December 2012, I saw and bought a book titled The Pope Who Quit. The book tells the story of a certain Italian hermit in the thirteenth century A.D., named Pietro di Morone (Peter of Morone). After the death of Pope Nicholas IV in 1292, the College
“Pope Benedict XVI lived and was Sustained by His Christian Faith” 1. In the First Reading, the book of Wisdom tells us that the souls of the righteous are in the hands of God. As we mourn the death of our beloved pope, scholar and pastor, this biblical text gives us hope. Like Joseph
The Holy See released the Spiritual Testament of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, dated 29 August 2006. My spiritual testament When, at this late hour of my life, I look back on the decades I have wandered through, I see first of all how much reason I have to give thanks. Above all, I thank