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Five Years Ago Today

08-APR-2005: The Funeral of Blessed Pope John Paul II None of us can ever forget how in that last Easter Sunday of his life, the Holy Father, marked by suffering, came once more to the window of the Apostolic Palace and one last time gave his blessing “urbi et orbi.” We can be sure that [...]

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Five Years Ago Today

The death of Pope John Paul II. On Saturday April 2, we arrived at St. Peter’s Square at about 11:30 pm. A prayer service began shortly after midnight. The Scripture readings were taken from the Feast of Divine Mercy, which is celebrated on the Sunday after Easter and was made a feast day by John [...]

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From the Catholic Encyclopedia: Laetare Sunday – The fourth, or middle, Sunday of Lent, so called from the first words of the Introit at Mass, “Laetare Jerusalem” — “Rejoice, O Jerusalem”. During the first six or seven centuries the season of Lent commenced on the Sunday following Quinquagesima, and thus comprised only thirty-six fasting days. [...]

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Father Kevin, O.P. attended the Papal Mass in Israel today. In reading his description on the Shrewd Fish blog, I was struck by the broad international flavor of the event described by Father Kevin: An American Dominican studying sacred scripture in Hebrew, Latin and Greek, at a French school in Jerusalem Israel, travels to see [...]

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Papal Visit via Church Signs

Blogger Kansas City Catholic has a cool photo essay on the Papal Visit via Church Signs. Check it out! Hat tip to Father Z.

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Papal Altar at Nationals Stadium

Papal Altar, Nationals Stadium, Washington DC. Image by Thomas Peters, American Papist Notice the feeling of verticality created with this installation. BTW: Mr. Peters is doing a great job on covering the papal visit. Check out his blog. ## LATE UPDATE ##: Check out the feature story on the students at Catholic University of America [...]

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Welcome Holy Father!

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Design for the Papal Visit

The National Catholic Register is covering Pope Benedict’s upcoming visit to New York City. They have an exclusive First Look at Yankee Stadium Stage that will be used for the Papal Mass in April: Stig Edgren, president of SEG Events, is producing the event, as well as the event at St. Joseph’s Seminary, and the [...]

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