I have just been catching up on the Papal visit to the USA, reading the speeches and looking at commentaries on the events. The following is just a very brief list of some things that caught my eye.John Allen posted a transcript of the Holy Father's question and answer session on the plane in which he talked about clerical child abuse among other things. Allen also suggests that the Holy Father is setting the agenda on this one. He has not shirked the issue but gone for it head-on.
Reacting to the Pope's address at the Whitehouse, President Bush said "awesome speech, your Holiness". There has been some fairly strong reaction worldwide to the music at the Mass in Washington DC, especially the Responsorial Psalm.
The Pope has told the American Bishops that Catholics Should Be… Catholics in a speech that Our Sunday Visitor called A bit of a bombshell.
For updated coverage with the all-important links, I recommend Thomas Peters at American Papist. For photos - as ever, just go to the PapaRatzi Forum's page for Foto Immagini & Video Benedetto XVI, go down to "Foto da Papa" and click "last".
9 comments:
Just watched some of the Mass, never got to that channel before so interesting to find it. Yep the music was NOT uplifting. Yes thousands there, but still could have been better. And oh the "organ". In such a huge country they could have found a decent electronic,,, we could have loaned them one. Wife of organist librarian.
Poor Papa Benny...
What is worse however is that pro-abortion politicians came and received Holy Communion! Can you believe that? A priest sold the true presence of Our Lord for his "thirty pieces of silver"!
Anyone who says we aren't living in a state of emergency in the church, needs a visit to Specsavers or Vision Express.
You are way out of line ottaviani, you cannot justly compare a priest to Judas for giving communion to someone , you have no more ability to read souls than most priests do, the Church always makes her judgements with the utmost mercy.
If they have received unworthily God will deal with them.
To John, make sure you see the Mass at Yankee Stadium the music is going to be a huge improvement so I am told.
The photo in the Press here for yesterday's Mass in the baseball stadium shows the pope in red vestments.
Can someone please explain to me why red?
They look pretty
but down here we are in the Easter Season which is white?
Fr Bosco
www.liturgy.co.nz
You might wonder after observing the pomp and pageantry. After his arrival on Wednesday, April 16, at Andrews Air Force Base, the Pope made his first stop the White House to pay a visit to President George W. Bush. Isn’t it a little strange that the representative on earth of the Prince of Peace received, as would any secular head of state, a 21-gun salute and listened to the Marine Corps Band play the national anthems of the Vatican and the U.S. ? Are the U.S. and the Holy See political and military allies?
We've been closely following all of the Papal Visit events to the USA on EWTN (the only TV channel that we watch!) and really enjoying the coverage - it really feels as if we have spent the week with Pope Benedict - we're sure that America will be reluctant to let him leave...we're praying that Pope Benedict will come to England soon! All at bevansinc
Dear Fr Bosco,
From what I understand the Mass in Washington DC was a Votive Mass of the Holy Spirit; thus the red.
VIDEO for you Father
Pope Benedict today at Ground Zero
http://www.gloria.tv/?video=neechwxeqc3js7fjiwvx
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Mass at St Patricks Cathedral
http://www.gloria.tv/?video=ayfuzhzwfndev8l7636p
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Message to Youth at Seminary
http://www.gloria.tv/?video=pakhseru4dldnrgoiv5b
Nothing strange about that at all in my mind El blogservador.
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