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  Matagal nang bulung-bulungan: sino nga kaya ang magiging kahalili ni Pope Francis bilang pinuno ng Simbahang Katoliko sa buong daigdig? Saang lupalop ng mundo kaya siya manggagaling?   Malakas pa naman si Pope Francis at nais natin ang kanyang mabuting kalusugan at kapakanan, subalit alam din natin umuusad na siya sa taon ng buhay kaya hindi masamang magtanong: Sino kaya ang maaaring humalili sa kanya?   Kamamatay lamang ni Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI noong huling araw ng 2022. At dahil nagbitiw siya sa puwesto, walang naganap na halalan ng Santo Papa dahil nakaupo pa nga si Pope Francis.   Ang maaaring maging Santo Papa ay kinakailangang isang lalaki at binyagang Katoliko. Karaniwang nagmumula ito sa hanay ng mga Kardinal sa buong daigdig na siya ring nakikiisa sa halalan na tinatawag na conclave. Tanging ang mga Kardinal na wala pang 80 taong gulang ang maaaring maghalal ng bagong Santo Papa. Sa nakaraang ilang daang taon, isa sa mga kasapi ng grupong ...

  Nang magkasakit ng cancer (stage 3) ang aking ina, pumasok kami sa isang malungkot na yugto ng aming buhay. Dahil sa kalituhan at kalumbayan, parang may nag-udyok sa akin na sumulat ng liham sa Pope noong panahong iyon, si Pope Benedict XVI. Sa sulat na iyon, naibulalas ko ang aking kalungkutan, ang mga tanong sa aking isip at ang kahilingang ipagdasal sana niya ang aking ina. Matapos hanapin at matagpuan sa internet ang mailing address ng Santo Papa, ipinadala ko ito sa pamamagitan ng snail mail, iyong may selyo sa post office, na bihira na ang gumagawa ngayon. Nahuli kasi ang Lalamove at Grabexpress e.   Ilang linggo ang lumipas at bigla na lamang akong may natanggap na isang liham galing abroad. Nang buksan ko ang envelope nagulat ako na galing ito sa tanggapan ni Pope Benedict XVI. Isang pagbati ang ipinaabot niya sa akin at gayundin sa aking ina. Nakalagay din doon na inaalala niya ang aking maysakit na ina sa kanyang mga panalangin at ibinabahagi...

  REST IN PEACE, POPE BENEDICT XVI... https://ourparishpriest.blogspot.com/2022/12/rest-in-peace-pope-benedict-xvi.html     POPE BENEDICT XVI AND NEW EVANGELIZATION   https://ourparishpriest.blogspot.com/2022/12/contribution-of-pope-benedict-xvi-on.html     POPE BENEDICT XVI'S THEOLOGY OF PRAYER https://ourparishpriest.blogspot.com/2021/09/a-theology-of-christian-prayer-from.html   POPE BENEDICT XVI RESIGNS... https://ourparishpriest.blogspot.com/2013/02/0-false-18-pt-18-pt-0-0-false-false_11.html     #ourparishpriest 2023

  Manalangin tayo para sa kaluluwa ng ating mahal na Santo Papa, Pope Benedict XVI (1927-2022): Panginoon, tanggapin mo po sa Iyong kaharian si Pope Benedict XVI, na Iyong lingkod na tinawag mula sa daigdig na ito. Pawiin Mo po ang kanyang mga kasalanan; basbasan Mo siya ng liwanag at kapayapaang walang hanggan; at buhayin Mo siya sa walang hanggang ligaya kasama ng mga banal sa kaluwalhatian ng Iyong kaharian. Sa ngalan ni Kristong aming Panginoon. Amen. SALAMAT PO! PAALAM PO! Pray for us!  

  ECHOES OF NEW EVANGELIZATION IN THE MAGISTERIAL PRONOUNCEMENTS OF POPE BENEDICT XVI     I. INTRODUCTION   Pope Benedict XVI inherited the See of Peter from the Saint Pope John Paul II, the man with whom he closely collaborated and whom he served in the sensitive capacity as Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. After the death of John Paul II, the ascent of Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger to the office of the universal pastor of the Catholic Church did not surprise many. [1]   In fact, it was widely believed that there would be a sense of continuity between the two papacies.   One of the features of previous papacy that people expected Pope Benedict XVI to follow through was the theme of New Evangelization, a favorite catch phrase of the late John Paul.   In this, the new pope did not disappoint since he certainly acted in favor of New Evangelization.   In his writings, decision...

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Pope Francis on March 27, 2020 One with Us in Facing the Coronavirus Pope Francis meditated on the calming of the storm from the Gospel of Mark during the prayer service over which he presided on the steps of St Peter's Basilica on Friday evening. Here is the full text. “When evening had come” (Mk 4:35). The Gospel passage we have just heard begins like this. For weeks now it has been evening. Thick darkness has gathered over our squares, our streets and our cities; it has taken over our lives, filling everything with a deafening silence and a distressing void, that stops everything as it passes by; we feel it in the air, we notice in people’s gestures, their glances give them away. We find ourselves afraid and lost. Like the disciples in the Gospel we were caught off guard by an unexpected, turbulent storm. We have realized that we are on the same boat, all of us fragile and disoriented, but at the same time important and needed, all o...

POPE FRANCIS’ FIRST WORDS TO HIS BELOVED CHILDREN AND TO THE WORLD Brothers and sisters, good evening! You know how the duty of the Conclave is to give a bishop to Rome. It seems that my brother cardinals have gone to take him from the edge of the world... but here we are. I thank you for your welcome. The diocesan family of Rome has your bishop: thank you! And before anything else, I'd like for us to pray for our bishop-emeritus, Benedict XVI. Let us pray together for him, that the Lord bless him and Our Lady keep him in her care.... Our Father.... Hail Mary.... Glory Be.... And now, together, let us start this road: bishop and people. This [new] path of the church of Rome, which "presides in charity" [over] all the churches. A path of brotherhood, of love, of trust between us. Let us pray always for ourselves: one for the other. Let us pray for all the world, that we all might know a great fraternity. I wish you that this ...

HABEMUS PAPAM! WE PRAISE THE LORD FOR THE NEW POPE! THE FIRST LATIN AMERICAN POPE, THE FIRST JESUIT POPE! POPE FRANCIS I (CARDINAL JORGE BERGOGLIO, ARCHBISHOP OF BUENOS AIRES) New pope, Jesuit Bergoglio, was runner-up in 2005 conclave Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, Argentina John L. Allen Jr.   |   Mar. 3, 2013 NCR Today Conclave 2013 ROME In the days leading up to the conclave, John Allen offered a profile each day of one of the most frequently touted papabili, or men who could be pope. On March 3, he profiled Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who was elected March 13 to be Pope Francis. Here is the profile Allen wrote: While there are still no tracking polls to establish who's got legs as a papal candidate, the 2013 conclave at least has one objective measure not available in 2005: past performance. Many of the cardinals seen as candidates now were also on offer the last time around, and so...

(thanks to Vatican Radio for the following) Filipino Cardinals, Rosales - Vidal - Tagle, attend meetings The eighth General Congregation of the College of Cardinals meeting in the Vatican Synod Hall Friday has decided that the Conclave for the election of the Pope will begin on Tuesday, 12 March 2013. A “pro eligendo Romano Pontifice” Mass will be celebrated in St. Peter’s Basilica in the morning. Then Tuesday afternoon the 115 Cardinal Electors will gather in the Pauline Chapel for a moment of collection and prayer and from there they will process in order of precedence through the Sala Regia to the Sistine Chapel invoking the Holy Spirit. There they will take their seats, again observing the order of precedence, to elect the 265th Successor to St Peter. Once they have taken their seats they will hear the second meditation established by the Apostolic Constitution governing the papal transitions. It will be given by the Maltese Augustinian, Cardinal Pro...