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My Guide to the Papal Conclave : Part III (From the election of the new Pope to the Urbi et Orbi blessing by the new Pope)

Part II here : https://petercanisiusmichaeldavidkang.com/2013/03/09/my-guide-to-the-papal-conclave-part-ii-from-the-beginning-to-the-election-of-the-new-pope/

 

1. After the new Pope had accepted his election as Pope and leader of the Roman Catholic Church, there are several scenarios :

 

a. If he is already a bishop : The new Pope will immediately be the Bishop of Rome and leader of the Universal Church, the Successor of St. Peter the Apostle. Then he will immediately accept the homage of the Cardinal-electors gathered in the Conclave, after he changes his cardinal’s robes for the new, white papal robes in the Room of Tears.

b. If he is not yet a bishop : The new Pope will need to be immediately ordained a bishop following the proper order of the Ordination of bishops, and the senior Cardinal Bishop by seniority in the Conclave should be the principal consecrator. The new Pope can only receive homage of the Cardinals after his ordination to the episcopate (after he had been ordained a bishop).

 

2. The new Pope then leaves the Sistine Chapel main hall where the voting took place, into the special ‘Room of Tears’, where three sets of differently-sized white papal robes had been prepared for him to adjust to his size. The new Pope changes from his cardinal’s red robes into the white papal robes and then return to the main hall of the Sistine Chapel.

 

3. The new Pope, after dressed in the white papal robes (with the red mozzetta and the large state stole) will then receive the homage of all the Cardinals gathered in the Sistine Chapel.

 

4. New addition in 2013 Conclave : After the homage, the new Pope will proceed with all the Cardinal-electors from the Sistine Chapel to the Pauline Chapel. The new Pope will enter the Pauline Chapel alone, and pray before the Blessed Sacrament in the Chapel.

 

5. In the meanwhile, the most senior Cardinal in the order of deacons, that is the Cardinal Protodeacon (Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran for the 2013 conclave) will then appear at the Loggia or the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica to deliver the announcement of the election of a new Pope.

 

The formula :

The Cardinal Protodeacon will first greet the assembled people in St. Peter’s Square and throughout the world (done in 2005 conclave in different languages) :

1. Italian : Fratelli e sorelle carissimi

2. Spanish : Queridísimos hermanos y hermanas

3. French : Bien chers frères et sœurs

4. German : Liebe Brüder und Schwestern

5. English : Dear brothers and sisters

 

Then he continues :

Annuntio vobis gaudium magnum

I announce to you a great joy

 

Habemus Papam!

We have a Pope!

 

Eminentissimum ac Reverendissimum Dominum

The most eminent and reverend Lord

 

Dominum (New Pope’s first name/baptismal name) Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae Cardinalem (New Pope’s surname)

Lord (New Pope’s first name/baptismal name) Cardinal (New Pope’s surname) of the Holy Roman Church

 

Qui sibi nomen imposuit (New Pope’s chosen regnal name and number)

Who takes for himself the name of (New Pope’s chosen regnal name and number)

 

5. After this, after a moment, the new Pope, led by a processional crucifix, made his appearance at the same balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica. He then may deliver his first address as Pope to the people gathered at the Square, and to the world.

 

6. After the address, then the new Pope will give his Urbi et Orbi special blessing (For the city of Rome (Urbi) and the world (Orbi)), with which is attached plenary indulgence, that is the forgiveness of all temporal sins, providing the people participates in full faith and repentance.

 

The text of the Urbi et Orbi blessing (Latin):

Sancti Apostoli Petrus et Paulus: de quorum potestate et auctoritate confidimus ipsi intercedant pro nobis ad Dominum.

(Amen)

Precibus et meritis beatæ Mariae semper Virginis, beati Michaelis Archangeli, beati Ioannis Baptistæ, et sanctorum Apostolorum Petri et Pauli et omnium Sanctorum misereatur vestri omnipotens Deus; et dimissis omnibus peccatis vestris, perducat vos Iesus Christus ad vitam æternam.

(Amen)

Indulgentiam, absolutionem et remissionem omnium peccatorum vestrorum, spatium verae et fructuosae poenitentiæ, cor semper penitens, et emendationem vitae, gratiam et consolationem Sancti Spiritus; et finalem perseverantiam in bonis operibus tribuat vobis omnipotens et misericors Dominus.

(Amen)

Et benedictio Dei omnipotentis, Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti descendat super vos et maneat semper.

(Amen)

 

Text of Urbi et Orbi blessing (English)

May the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, in whose power and authority we have confidence, intercede on our behalf to the Lord.

(Amen)

Through the prayers and merits of the Blessed Mary ever Virgin, of Blessed Michael the Archangel, of Blessed John the Baptist, and of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, and of all the saints, may Almighty God have mercy on you, and with your sins forgiven, may Jesus Christ lead you into everlasting life.

(Amen)

May the Almighty and merciful Lord grant you indulgence, absolution, and remission of all your sins, time for a true and fruitful penance, an always repentant heart and amendment of life, the grace and consolation of the Holy Spirit, and final perseverance in good works.

(Amen)

And may the blessing of Almighty God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, descend on you and remain with you always.

(Amen)

 

7. Then the new Pope takes his leave of the people, and return inside St. Peter’s Basilica. The long process of electing a new Pope is over, and the new Pope is now in charge in leading God’s Church in his given mission as the Successor of St. Peter the Apostle.

 

8. The Papal Inauguration Mass will take place several days after the election (does not have to be on a Sunday), to allow for the foreign dignitaries invited to the event to be able to arrive, to attend the Papal Inauguration Mass. The new Pope will receive his signs of office in this Inauguration, namely, the pallium and the Ring of the Fisherman. The Papal Inauguration most likely will take place at St. Peter’s Square.

 

9. The new Pope will take possession of his Cathedral, in an enthronement ceremony at the Cathedral of the Diocese of Rome (The Pope is the Bishop of Rome, and contrary to popular perceptions, St. Peter’s Basilica is not a Cathedral). The Cathedral of Rome is the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran

Complete name (Latin) : Archibasilica Sanctissimi Salvatoris et Sanctorum Ioannes Baptista et Evangelista in Laterano, Omnium urbis et orbis Ecclesiarum Mater et Caput

Complete name (English) : Archbasilica of the Most Holy Saviour, Saint John the Baptist, and Saint John the Evangelist in Lateran, Head and Mother Church of All the City and the Whole World

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Saturday, 9 March 2013 : 3rd Week of Lent, Memorial of St. Frances of Rome, Religious (Gospel Reading)

Luke 18 : 9-14

Jesus told another parable to some people, fully convinced of their own righteousness, who looked down others : “Two men went up to the Temple to pray; one was a Pharisee, and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood by himself, and said, ‘I thank You, God, that I am not like other people, grasping, crooked, adulterous, or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week, and give the tenth of all my income to the Temple.'”

“In the meantime, the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘O God, be merciful to me, a sinner.’ I tell you, when this man went back to his house, he had been reconciled with God, but not the other. For whoever makes himself out to be great will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be raised up.”

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Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church and their titular churches in Rome

Arranged by the alphabetic order of their last names (surnames) in bold. NE in front indicates Cardinal non-electors, while E indicates Cardinal-electors (in parentheses). Each Cardinals upon their elevation to the College of Cardinals at the consistory are each given a titular church in Rome (essentially parish churches of the Diocese of Rome).

As the Cardinals may likely go and visit their titular churches throughout Rome this Sunday to pray for the election of the new Pope, let us all pray for them, and for those in Rome, or planning to go there, you can pray together with the Cardinals in their titular churches.

 

Thanks to GCatholic site (www.gcatholic.org) for the info on the titular churches of each Cardinals.

 

1. (E) Cardinal Santos Abril y Castello : S. Ponziano (Church of S. Ponziano / St. Pontian)

Address : Via Nicola Festa 50, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00137

 

2. (E) Cardinal Gerardo Majella Agnelo : S. Gregorio Magno alla Magliana Nuova

Address : Piazza Certaldo 85, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00146

 

3. (NE) Cardinal Bernard Agre : S. Giovanni Crisostomo a Monte Sacro Alto

Address : Via Emilio De Marchi 60, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00141

 

4. (NE) Cardinal Gilberto Agustoni : Ss. Urbano e Lorenzo a Prima Porta

Address : Vicolo di Prima Porta 6, Prima Porta, Roma, Lazio 00188

 

5. (E) Cardinal George Alencherry : S. Bernardo alle Terme

Address : Via Torino 94, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00184

 

6. (NE) Cardinal Francisco Alvarez Martinez : S. Maria «Regina Pacis» a Monte Verde

Address : Via Maurizio Quadrio 21, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00152

 

7. (E) Cardinal Angelo Amato : S. Maria in Aquiro

Address : Piazza Capranica, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

8. (E) Cardinal Carlos Amigo Vallejo : S. Maria in Monserrato degli Spagnoli

Address : Via Giulia 151, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

9. (NE) Cardinal Fiorenzo Angelini : S. Spirito in Sassia

Address : Via dei Penitenzieri 12, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00193

 

10. (E) Cardinal Ennio Antonelli : S. Andrea delle Fratte

Address : Via di Sant’Andrea delle Fratte 1, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00187

 

11. (NE) Cardinal Lorenzo Antonetti : S. Agnese in Agone

Address : Via di Santa Maria dell’Anima 30/A, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

12. (NE) Cardinal Francis Arinze : No titular church (Cardinal Bishop of the suburbicarian see of Velletri–Segni)

 

13. (NE) Cardinal Paulo Evaristo Arns : S. Antonio da Padova in Via Tuscolana

Address : Piazza Asti 10, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00182

 

14. (E) Cardinal Raymundo Damasceno Assis : Immacolata al Tiburtino (Chiesa di Santa Maria Immacolata e San Giovanni Berchmans (al Tiburtino))

Address : Via degli Etruschi 36, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00185

 

15. (E) Cardinal Audrys Juozas Backis : Natività di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo a Via Gallia

Address : Via Urbisaglia 2, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00183

 

16. (E) Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco : Gran Madre di Dio

Address : Via Cassia 1, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00191

 

17. (E) Cardinal Philippe Christian Ignace Marie Barbarin : SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio

Address : Piazza Trinità dei Monti 3, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00187

 

18. (NE) Cardinal Domenico Bartolucci : SS. Nomi di Gesù e Maria in Via Lata

Address : Via del Corso 45, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

19. (NE) Cardinal William Wakefield Baum : S. Croce in Via Flaminia

Address : Via Guido Reni 2/D, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00196

 

20. (NE) Cardinal Karl Josef Becker : S. Giuliano Martire

Address : Via Cassia 1036, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00189

 

21. (E) Cardinal Jorge Maria Bergoglio : S. Roberto Bellarmino

Address : Via Panama 13, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00198

 

22. (E) Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello : Ss. Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia

Address : Via Carlo Alberto 47, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00185

 

23. (E) Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone : No titular church (Cardinal Bishop of the suburbication see of Frascati)

 

24. (E) Cardinal Giuseppe Betori : S. Marcello

Address : Piazza San Marcello 5, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00187

 

25. (NE) Cardinal Giacomo Biffi : Ss. Giovanni Evangelista e Petronio

Address : Via del Mascherone 61, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

26. (E) Cardinal Josip Bozanic : S. Girolamo dei Croati

Address : Via Tomacelli 132, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

27. (E) Cardinal Sean Baptist Brady : Ss. Quirico e Giulitta

Address : Via di Tor de’ Conti 31/A, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00184

 

28. (NE) Cardinal Walter Brandmuller : S. Giuliano dei Fiamminghi

Address : Via del Sudario 40, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

29. (E) Cardinal Joao Braz de Aviz : S. Elena fuori Porta Prenestina

Address : Via Casilina 205, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00176

 

30. (E) Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke : S. Agata de’ Goti

Address : Via Mazzarino 16, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00184

 

31. (NE) Cardinal Agostino Cacciavillan : Ss. Angeli Custodi a Città Giardino

Address : Via delle Alpi Apuane 1, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00141

 

32. (E) Cardinal Carlo Caffarra : S. Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini

Address : Via Acciaioli 2 (Via Giulia), Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

33. (E) Cardinal Domenico Calcagno : SS. Annunciazione della Beata Vergine Maria a Via Ardeatina

Address : Via di Grotta Perfetta 591, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00142

 

34. (NE) Cardinal Giovanni Canestri : S. Andrea della Valle

Address : Piazza Vidoni 6, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

35. (E) Cardinal Antonio Canizares Llovera : S. Pancrazio

Address : Piazza San Pancrazio 5/D, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00152

 

36. (NE) Cardinal Ricardo Maria Carles Gordo : S. Marie Consolatrice al Tiburtino

Address : Via Casal Bertone 80, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00159

 

37. (NE) Cardinal Edward Idris Cassidy : S. Maria in Via Lata

Address : Via del Corso 306, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

38. (NE) Cardinal Dario Castrillon Hoyos : SS. Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano

Address : Foro Traiano 89, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00187

 

39. (NE) Cardinal Marco Ce : S. Marco (Basilica di San Marco Evangelista al Campidoglio)

Address : Piazza San Marco 48, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

40. (NE) Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk : S. Maria Immacolata di Lourdes a Boccea

Address : Via Santa Bernadette 23, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00167

 

41. (E) Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne : S. Camillo de Lellis

Address : Via Sallustiana 24, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00187

 

42. (NE) Cardinal Edward Bede Clancy : S. Maria in Vallicella

Address : Via del Governo Vecchio 134, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

43. (E) Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio : S. Giuseppe dei Falegnami

Address : Clivo Argentario 1, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

44. (E) Cardinal Thomas Christopher Collins : S. Patrizio

Address : Via Boncompagni 31, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00187

 

45. (E) Cardinal Angelo Comastri : S. Salvatore in Lauro

Address : Piazza di San Salvatore in Lauro 15, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

46. (NE) Cardinal Desmond Connell : S. Silvestro in Capite

Address : Piazza di San Silvestro 17/A, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00187

 

47. (NE) Cardinal Giovanni Coppa : S. Lino

Address : Via Cardinale Garampi 60, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00167

 

48. (NE) Cardinal Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo : S. Maria in Portico

Address : Piazza di Campitelli 9, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

49. (E) Cardinal Paul Josef Cordes : S. Lorenzo in Piscibus

Address : Via Padre Pancrazio Pfeiffer, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00193

 

50. (NE) Cardinal Georges-Marie-Martin Cottier : Ss. Domenico e Sisto

Address : Largo Angelicum 1, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00184

 

51. (E) Cardinal Godried Danneels : S. Anastasia (Basilica di Sant’Anastasia al Palatino)

Address : Piazza di Sant’Anastasia, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

52. (E) Cardinal Julius Riyadi Darmaatmadja : S. Cuore di Maria

Address : Via del Sacro Cuore di Maria 5, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00197

 

53. (NE) Cardinal Serafim Fernandes de Araujo : S. Luigi Maria Grignion de Montfort

Address : Viale dei Monfortani 50, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00135

 

54. (NE) Cardinal Salvatore de Giorgi : S. Maria in Ara Coeli

Address : Piazza del Campidoglio 4, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

55. (E) Cardinal Velasio de Paolis : Gesù Buon Pastore alla Montagnola

Address : Via Luigi Perna 3, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00142

 

56. (NE) Cardinal Emmanuel III Delly : No titular church (Cardinal Bishop and Cardinal-Patriarch of the Eastern Catholic Churches)

 

57. (E) Cardinal Ivan Dias : Spirito Santo alla Ferratella

Address : Via Rocco Scotellaro 11, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00144

 

58. (E) Cardinal Daniel Nicholas DiNardo : S. Eusebio (Chiesa di Sant’Eusebio all’Esquilino)

Address : Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II 12/A, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00185

 

59. (NE) Cardinal Alexandre do Nascimento : S. Marco in Agro Laurentino

Address : Piazza Giuliani e Dalmati 20, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00143

 

60. (E) Cardinal Timothy Michael Dolan : Nostra Signora di Guadalupe a Monte Mario

Address : Piazza Nostra Signora di Guadalupe 12, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00135

 

61. (NE) Cardinal Alexandre Jose Maria dos Santos : S. Frumenzio ai Prati Fiscali

Address : Via Cavriglia 8, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00139

 

62. (E) Cardinal Dominik Duka : Ss. Marcellino e Pietro

Address : Via Labicana 1, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00184

 

63. (E) Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz : S. Maria del Popolo

Address : Piazza del Popolo 12, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00187

 

64. (NE) Cardinal Edward Michael Egan : Ss. Giovanni e Paolo

Address : Piazza dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo 13, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00184

 

65. (E) Cardinal Willem Jakobus Eijk : S. Callisto

Address : Piazza di San Calisto 16, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00153

 

66. (E) Cardinal Peter Erdo : S. Balbina

Address : Piazza Santa Balbina 8, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00153

 

67. (E) Cardinal Francisco Javier Errazuriz Ossa : S. Maria della Pace

Address : Arco della Pace 5, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

68. (NE) Cardinal Jose Manuel Estepa Llaurens : S. Gabriele Arcangelo all’Acqua Traversa

Address : Viale Cortina d’Ampezzo 144, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00135

 

69. (NE) Cardinal Roger Etchegaray : No titular church (Cardinal Bishop of the suburbicarian see of Porto-Santa Rufina)

 

70. (NE) Cardinal Jose Freire Falcao : S. Luca a Via Prenestina

Address : Via Luchino Dal Verme 50, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00176

 

71. (E) Cardinal Raffaele Farina : S. Giovanni della Pigna

Address : Vicolo della Minerva 51, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

72. (E) Cardinal Fernando Filoni : Nostra Signora di Coromoto in S. Giovanni di Dio

Address : Largo Nostra Signora di Coromoto 2, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00151

 

73. (NE) Cardinal Carlo Furno : S. Onofrio

Address : Piazza Sant’Onofrio 2, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00165

 

74. (E) Cardinal Francis Eugene George : S. Bartolomeo all’Isola

Address : Isola Tiberina 22, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

75. (E) Cardinal Oswald Gracias : S. Paolo della Croce a «Corviale»

Address : Via Poggio Verde 319, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00148

 

76. (NE) Cardinal Prosper Grech : S. Maria Goretti

Address : Via di Santa Maria Goretti 29, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00199

 

77. (E) Cardinal Zenon Grocholewski : S. Nicola in Carcere

Address : Via del Teatro di Marcello 46, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

78. (NE) Cardinal Henryk Roman Gulbinowicz : Immacolata Concezione di Maria a Grottarossa

Address : Via Flaminia 994, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00189

 

79. (E) Cardinal James Michael Harvey : S. Pio V a Villa Carpegna

Address : Largo San Pio V 3, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00165

 

80. (NE) Cardinal Julian Herranz Casado : S. Eugenio

Address : Viale delle Belle Arti 10 (Valle Giulia), Roma, Roma, Lazio 00196

 

81. (E) Cardinal Claudio Hummes : S. Antonio da Padova in Via Merulana

Address : Via Merulana 124, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00185

 

82. (NE) Cardinal Lubomyr Husar : S. Sofia a Via Boccea

Address : 478 Via Boccea (Via Cornelia), Roma, Roma, Lazio 00166

 

83. (NE) Cardinal Marian Jaworski : S. Sisto

Address : Piazza Numa Pompilio 8, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00184

 

84. (NE) Cardinal Estanislao Esteban Karlic : Beata Maria Addolorata a piazza Buenos Aires

Address : Viale Regina Margherita 81, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00198

 

85. (E) Cardinal Walter Kasper : Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova

Address : Via Appia Nuova 244, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00183

 

86. (NE) Cardinal William Henry Keeler : S. Maria degli Angeli

Address : Via Cernaia 9 (nelle Terme di Diocleziano), Roma, Roma, Lazio 00185

 

87. (NE) Cardinal Michael Michai Kitbunchu : S. Lorenzo in Panisperna

Address : Via Panisperna 90, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00184

 

88. (E) Cardinal Kurt Koch : Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore

Address : Corso del Rinascimento 27, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

89. (NE) Cardinal Jan Chryzostom Korec : Ss. Fabiano e Venanzio a Villa Fiorelli

Address : Via Terni 92, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00182

 

90. (E) Cardinal Giovanni Lajolo : S. Maria Liberatrice a Monte Testaccio

Address : Via Lorenzo Ghiberti 2, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00153

 

91. (NE) Cardinal Bernard Francis Law : S. Susanna

Address : Via XX Settembre 14, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00187

 

92. (E) Cardinal Karl Lehmann : S. Leone I

Address : Via Prenestina 104, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00176

 

93. (E) Cardinal William Joseph Levada : S. Maria in Domnica

Address : Via della Navicella 10, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00184

 

94. (E) Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez : S. Pio X alla Balduina

Address : Via Attilio Friggeri 87, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00136

 

95. (NE) Cardinal Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy : S. Maria delle Grazie alle Fornaci fuori Porta Cavalleggeri

Address : Piazza di Santa Maria alle Fornaci 30, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00165

 

96. (NE) Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragan : S. Michele Arcangelo

Address : Largo Geltrude Comensoli 6, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00158

 

97. (NE) Cardinal Franciszek Macharski : S. Giovanni a Porta Latina

Address : Via di Porta Latina 17, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00179

 

98. (E) Cardinal Roger Michael Mahony : Ss. Quattro Coronati

Address : Via dei Santi Quattro 20, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00184

 

99. (NE) Cardinal Adam Joseph Maida : Ss. Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio

Address : Via Nazionale 194/B, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00184

 

100. (NE) Cardinal Francesco Marchisano : S. Lucia del Gonfalone

Address : Via dei Banchi Vecchi 12, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

101. (E) Cardinal Lluis Martinez Sistach : S. Sebastiano alle Catacombe

Address : Via Appia Antica 136, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00179

 

102. (NE) Cardinal Eduardo Martinez Somalo : SS. Nome di Gesù

Address : Piazza del Gesù, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

103. (NE) Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino : S. Francesco di Paola ai Monti

Address : Piazza San Francesco di Paola 10, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00184

 

104. (E) Cardinal Reinhard Marx : S. Corbiniano

Address : Via Braies 29, Infernetto, Roma, Lazio 00124

 

105. (NE) Cardinal Medardo Joseph Mazombwe : S. Emerenziana a Tor Fiorenza

Address : Via Lucrino 53, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00199

 

106. (NE) Cardinal Theodore Edgar McCarrick : Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo

Address : Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 28, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00153

 

107. (NE) Cardinal Jorge Arturo Medina Estevez : S. Saba

Address : Piazza Gian Lorenzo Bernini 20, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00153

 

108. (E) Cardinal Joachim Meisner : S. Pudenziana

Address : Via Urbana 160, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00184

 

109. (NE) Cardinal Jorge Maria Mejia : S. Girolamo della Carità

Address : Via Monserrato 62/A, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

110. (E) Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya : S. Maria «Regina Pacis» in Ostia mare

Address : Piazza Regina Pacis 13, Lido di Ostia, Roma, Lazio 00122

 

111. (E) Cardinal Manuel Monteiro de Castro : S. Domenico di Guzman

Address : Via Vincenzo Marmorale 25, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00139

 

112. (E) Cardinal Francesco Monterisi : S. Paolo alla Regola

Address : Via di San Paolo alla Regola 6, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

113. (NE) Cardinal Lucian Muresan : S. Atanasio

Address : Via del Babuino 149, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00187

 

114. (NE) Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor : S. Maria sopra Minerva

Address : Via del Beato Angelico 35, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

115. (E) Cardinal Antonios Naguib : No titular church (Cardinal Bishop and Cardinal-Patriarch of the Eastern Catholic Churches)

 

116. (NE) Cardinal Stanislaw Nagy : S. Maria della Scala

Address : Piazza della Scala 23, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00153

 

117. (E) Cardinal Wilfird Fox Napier : S. Francesco d’Assisi ad Acilia

Address : Largo Cesidio da Fossa 18, Acilia, Roma, Lazio 00126

 

118. (E) Cardinal Attilio Nicora : S. Filippo Neri in Eurosia

Address : Via delle Sette Chiese 103, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00145

 

119. (E) Cardinal John Njue : Preziosissimo Sangue di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo

Address : Via Flaminia 732/T, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00191

 

120. (E) Cardinal Kazimierz Nycz : Ss. Silvestro e Martino ai Monti

Address : Via del Monte Oppio 28, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00184

 

121. (E) Cardinal Edwin Frederick O’Brien : S. Sebastiano al Palatino

Address : Via di San Bonaventura 1, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

122. (E) Cardinal Keith Michael Patrick O’Brien : Ss. Gioacchino ed Anna al Tuscolano

Address : Viale Bruno Rizzieri 120, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00173

 

123. (E) Cardinal Sean Patrick O’Malley : S. Maria della Vittoria

Address : Via XX Settembre 17, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00187

 

124. (NE) Cardinal Miguel Obando Bravo : S. Giovanni Evangelista a Spinaceto

Address : Via Raffaele Aversa 44, Spinaceta, Roma, Lazio 00128

 

125. (E) Cardinal Anthony Olubunmi Okogie : S. Maria del Monte Carmelo a Mostacciano

Address : Piazza Beata Vergine del Carmelo 10, Torrino, Roma, Lazio 00144

 

126. (E) Cardinal John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan : S. Saturnino

Address : Via Avigliana 3, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00199

 

127. (E) Cardinal Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino : Ss. Aquila e Priscilla

Address : Via Pietro Blaserna 113, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00146

 

128. (E) Cardinal Marc Ouellet : S. Maria in Traspontina

Address : Borgo Sant’Angelo 15, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00193

 

129. (NE) Cardinal Bernard Panafieu : S. Gregorio Barbarigo alle Tre Fontane

Address : Via delle Montagne Rocciose 14, E.U.R., Roma, Lazio 00144

 

130. (NE) Cardinal Laszlo Paskai : S. Teresa al Corso d’Italia

Address : Corso d’Italia 37 (fuori Porta Salaria), Roma, Roma, Lazio 00198

 

131. (E) Cardinal Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don : S. Lorenzo in Lucina

Address : Piazza di San Lorenzo in Lucina 16/A, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

132. (E) Cardinal George Pell : S. Maria Domenica Mazzarello

Address : Piazza Salvatore Galgano 100, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00173

 

133. (E) Cardinal Polycarp Pengo : Nostra Signora de La Salette

Address : Piazza Madonna de La Salette 1, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00152

 

134. (E) Cardinal Jean-Baptiste Pham Minh-Man : S. Giustino

Address : Viale Alessandrino 144, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00172

 

135. (E) Cardinal Mauro Piacenza : S. Paolo alle Tre Fontane

Address : Via Laurentina 473, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00142

 

136. (NE) Cardinal Simon Ignatius Pimenta : S. Maria «Regina Mundi» a Torre Spaccata

Address : Via Alessandro Barbosi 6, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00169

 

137. (NE) Cardinal Silvano Piovanelli : S. Maria delle Grazie a Via Trionfale

Address : Piazza Santa Maria delle Grazie 5, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00136

 

138. (E) Cardinal Severino Poletto : S. Giuseppe in Via Trionfale

Address : Via Bernardino Telesio 4/B, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00195

 

139. (E) Cardinal Jose da Cruz Policarpo : S. Antonio in Campo Marzio

Address : Via dei Portoghesi 2, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

140. (NE) Cardinal Paul Poupard : S. Prassede

Address : Via Santa Prassede 9/A, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00184

 

141. (NE) Cardinal Janis Pujats : S. Silvia

Address : Viale Giuseppe Sirtori 2, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00149

 

142. (E) Cardinal Vinko Puljic : S. Chiara a Vigna Clara

Address : Via Riccardo Zandonai 4, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00194

 

143. (E) Cardinal Bechara Pierre Rai : No titular church (Cardinal Bishop and Cardinal-Patriarch of the Eastern Catholic Churches)

 

144. (E) Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi : S. Giorgio in Velabro

Address : Via del Velabro 19, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

145. (E) Cardinal Giovanni Batista Re : No titular church (Cardinal Bishop of the suburbicarian see of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto)

 

146. (E) Cardinal Jean-Pierre Bernard Ricard : S. Agostino

Address : Via della Scrofa 80, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

147. (E) Cardinal Justin Francis Rigali : S. Prisca

Address : Via di Santa Prisca 11, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00153

 

148. (E) Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera : S. Francesco d’Assisi a Ripa Grande

Address : Piazza di San Francesco d’Assisi 88, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00153

 

149. (E) Cardinal Francisco Robles Ortega : S. Maria della Presentazione

Address : Via di Torrevecchia 1104, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00166

 

150. (E) Cardinal Franc Rode : S. Francesco Saverio alla Garbatella

Address : Via Daniele Comboni 4, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00154

 

151. (E) Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga : S. Maria della Speranza

Address : Via Francesco Cocco Ortu 19, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00139

 

152. (E) Cardinal Paolo Romeo : S. Maria Odigitria dei Siciliani

Address : Via del Tritone 82, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00187

 

153. (NE) Cardinal Gaudencio Borbon Rosales : SS. Nome di Maria in Via Latina

Address : Via Centuripe 18/22, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00179

 

154. (E) Cardinal Antonio Maria Rouco Varela : S. Lorenzo in Damaso

Address : Piazza della Cancelleria 1, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

155. (NE) Cardinal Pedro Rubiano Saenz : Trasfigurazione di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo

Address : Piazza della Trasfigurazione 2, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00151

 

156. (NE) Cardinal Camillo Ruini : S. Agnese fuori le mura

Address : Via Nomentana 349, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00162

 

157. (E) Cardinal Stanislaw Rylko : S. Cuore di Cristo Re

Address : Viale Mazzini 32 (Piazza d’Armi), Roma, Roma, Lazio 00195

 

158. (E) Cardinal Jesus Ruben Salazar Gomez : S. Gerardo Maiella

Address : Via Romolo Balzani 74, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00177

 

159. (E) Cardinal Juan Sandoval Iniguez : Nostra Signora di Guadalupe e S. Filippo Martire

Address : Via Aurelia 675, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00165

 

160. (E) Cardinal Leonardo Sandri : Ss. Biagio e Carlo ai Catinari

Address : Piazza Benedetto Cairoli 117, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

161. (E) Cardinal Robert Sarah : S. Giovanni Bosco in Via Tuscolana

Address : Viale dei Salesiani 9 (Via Tuscolana), Roma, Roma, Lazio 00175

 

162. (NE) Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins : No titular church (Cardinal Bishop of the suburbicarian see of Palestrina)

 

163. (E) Cardinal Paolo Sardi : S. Maria Ausiliatrice in Via Tuscolana

Address : Piazza Santa Maria Ausiliatrice 54 (Via Tuscolana), Roma, Roma, Lazio 00181

 

164. (E) Cardinal Theodore-Adrien Sarr : S. Lucia a Piazza d’Armi

Address : Via di Santa Lucia 5, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00195

 

165. (NE) Cardinal Eusebio Oscar Scheid : Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio

Address : Piazza Sant’Alessio 23, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00153

 

166. (E) Cardinal Odilo Pedro Scherer : S. Andrea al Quirinale

Address : Via del Quirinale 29, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00187

 

167. (E) Cardinal Christoph Schonborn : Gesù Divin Lavoratore

Address : Via Oderisi da Gubbio 16, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00146

 

168. (NE) Cardinal Henri Schwery : Ss. Protomartiri a Via Aurelia Antica

Address : Via Angelo Di Pietro 50, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00165

 

169. (E) Cardinal Angelo Scola : Ss. XII Apostoli

Address : Piazza dei Santi Apostoli 51, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00187

 

170. (NE) Cardinal Sergio Sebastiani : S. Eustachio

Address : Via di Sant’Eustachio 19, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

171. (E) Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe : Dio Padre misericordioso

Address : Largo Terzo Millennio 8, Tor Tre Teste, Roma, Lazio 00155

 

172. (NE) Cardinal Nasrallah Pierre Sfeir : No titular church (Cardinal Bishop and Cardinal-Patriarch of the Eastern Catholic Churches)

 

173. (NE) Cardinal Elio Sgreccia : S. Angelo in Pescheria

Address : Via della Tribuna di Campitelli 6, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

174. (NE) Cardinal Achille Silvestrini : S. Benedetto fuori Porta S. Paolo

Address : Via del Gazometro 23, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00154

 

175. (NE) Cardinal Adrianus Johannes Simonis : S. Clemente

Address : Via Labicana 95, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00184

 

176. (NE) Cardinal Angelo Sodano : S. Maria Nuova (Cardinal Bishop of the suburbicarian see of Albano and Ostia, but also given S. Maria Nuova in commendum)

Address : Piazza di Santa Francesca Romana 4, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

177. (NE) Cardinal James Francis Stafford : S. Pietro in Montorio

Address : Piazza San Pietro in Montorio 2, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00153

 

178. (NE) Cardinal Edmund Casimir Szoka : Ss. Andrea e Gregorio al Monte Celio

Address : Piazza San Gregorio 1, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00184

 

179. (E) Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle : S. Felice da Cantalice a Centocelle

Address : Piazza San Felice da Cantalice, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00172

 

180. (E) Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran : S. Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine

Address : Piazza Sant’Apollinare 49, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

181. (E) Cardinal Julio Terrazas Sandoval : S. Giovanni Battista de’ Rossi

Address : Via Cesare Baronio 127, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00179

 

182. (E) Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi : Ss. Ambrogio e Carlo

Address : Via del Corso 437, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

183. (E) Cardinal Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal : S. Gregorio VII

Address : Via del Cottolengo 4, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00165

 

184. (NE) Cardinal Jozef Tomko : S. Sabina

Address : Piazza Pietro d’Illiria 1, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00153

 

185. (E) Cardinal John Tong Hon : «Regina Apostolorum» (Basilica di Santa Maria Regina degli Apostoli alla Montagnola)

Address : Via Antonino Pio 75, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00145

 

186. (NE) Cardinal Ersilio Tonini : SS. Redentore a Valmelaina

Address : Via Monte Ruggero 63, Roma, Roma, Lazio00139

 

187. (E) Cardinal Placidus Telesphore Toppo : S. Cuore di Gesù agonizzante a Vitinia

Address : Via Sant’Arcangelo di Romagna 70, Vitinia, Roma, Lazio 00127

 

188. (NE) Cardinal Roberto Tucci : S. Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio

Address : Via del Caravita 8/A, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

189. (NE) Cardinal Christian Wiyghan Tumi : Ss. Martiri dell’Uganda a Poggio Ameno

Address : Via Adolfo Ravà 31, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00142

 

190. (E) Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte : Nostra Signora del SS. Sacramento e Santi Martiri Canadesi

Address : Via Giovanni Battista De Rossi 46, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00161

 

191. (E) Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson : S. Liborio

Address : Via Tino Buazzelli 70, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00137

 

192. (E) Cardinal Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino : S. Maria ai Monti

Address : Via della Madonna dei Monti 41, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00184

 

193. (E) Cardinal Agostino Vallini : S. Pier Damiani ai Monti di S. Paolo

Address : Via Guido Biagi 16, Casal Bernocchi, Roma, Lazio 00125

 

194. (NE) Cardinal Albert Vanhoye : S. Maria della Mercede e S. Adriano a Villa Albani

Address : Via Basento 100, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00198

 

195. (E) Cardinal Antonio Maria Veglio : S. Cesareo in Palatio

Address : Via di Porta San Sebastiano, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00179

 

196. (E) Cardinal Raul Eduardo Vela Chiriboga : S. Maria in Via

Address : Via del Mortaro 24, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00187

 

197. (E) Cardinal Giuseppe Versaldi : S. Cuore di Gesù a Castro Pretorio

Address : Via Marsala 42, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00185

 

198. (NE) Cardinal Ricardo Jamin Vidal : Ss. Pietro e Paolo a Via Ostiense

Address : Piazzale dei Santi Pietro e Paolo 8, E.U.R., Roma, Lazio 00144

 

199. (E) Cardinal Andre Armand Vingt-Trois : S. Luigi dei Francesi

Address : Piazza di San Luigi de’ Francesi 5, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

200. (NE) Cardinal Miloslav Vlk : S. Croce in Gerusalemme

Address : Piazza di Santa Croce in Gerusalemme 12, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00185

 

201. (NE) Cardinal Emmanuel Wamala : S. Ugo

Address : Viale Lina Cavalieri 3, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00139

 

202. (NE) Cardinal Friedrich Wetter : S. Stefano al Monte Celio

Address : Via di Santo Stefano Rotondo, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00184

 

203. (NE) Cardinal Thomas Stafford Williams : Gesù Divin Maestro alla Pineta Sacchetti

Address : Via Vittorio Montiglio 18, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00168

 

204. (E) Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki : S. Giovanni Maria Vianney

Address : Via Lentini 6, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00133

 

205. (E) Cardinal Donald William Wuerl : S. Pietro in Vincoli

Address : Piazza di San Pietro in Vincoli 4/A, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00184

 

206. (NE) Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun : S. Maria Madre del Redentore a Tor Bella Monaca

Address : Via Duilio Cambellotti 18, Tor Bella Monaca, Roma, Lazio 00133

 

207. (E) Cardinal Gabriel Zubeir Wako : S. Atanasio a Via Tiburtina

Address : Via Achille Benedetti 11, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00157

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Seventh General Congregation of the College of Cardinals, and the Eighth (decision on the Conclave date)

During the Seventh General Congregation of the College of Cardinals this Friday morning, 8 March 2013, the College of Cardinals had accepted the letters of the two Cardinals who are unable to attend the Conclave due to health issue (Cardinal Darmaatmadja of Jakarta) and other reasons (Cardinal O’Brien of Scotland, UK), according to the provisions of the Apostolic Constitution Universi Dominici Gregis and the modifications in the Motu Proprio Normas Nonnullas.

The morning meeting had also discussed the modifications made on the Article 37 of the Apostolic Constitution Universi Dominici Gregis, which deals on the earliest starting date of the Conclave, which originally must be at least 15 days from the Vacancy of the Apostolic See, but then because the modifications made by the Motu Proprio Normas Nonnullas, which provided for a waiver of the 15 days waiting period, allow for an earlier start providing all the Cardinal-electors are already in Rome.

As all the Cardinal-electors are already in Rome, they can immediately decide on when to begin the Conclave, which is scheduled to be done and voted in the Eighth General Congregation on Friday afternoon. Fr. Federico Lombardi confirmed that the Conclave will not begin either tomorrow (Saturday) or Sunday. The Conclave is likely to begin either Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday (11-13 March 2013)

There will be only one General Congregation session on Saturday morning, that is the Ninth General Congregation of the College of Cardinals. The Cardinals too may go and visit (may not be all of them) their titular Churches in Rome (I will publish the list of the titular Churches for each Cardinals, and if possible, the addresses of each in Rome, in case anyone looking to meet any of the Cardinals in Rome for the Sunday Mass) for Sunday Mass to pray for the election of the new Pope and for the Conclave. Each of the Cardinals are given a titular church in Rome upon his appointment as a Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church.

Cardinal Prosper Grech from Malta, who is a Cardinal non-elector, will be the one giving out the second of the two meditations as mandated by the Apostolic Constitution Universi Dominici Gregis, to be given out prior to the beginning of the Conclave.

18 Cardinals spoke in the morning meeting and several inteventions had also been made, on several issues from rules of the Conclave to other matters. Issues covered are bioethics, interreligious dialogue, collegiality, role of the Church in the world, in justice, and others.

A video is shown to the reporters during the press briefing by Fr. Federico Lombardi, head of the Holy See Press Office, on Friday afternoon, on the place where the Cardinal-electors will reside during the duration of the Conclave (currently the Cardinals are staying in different locations in Rome, but will move in to the place after the Conclave begins), which is called Domus Sancta Marthae, commissioned by the late Blessed Pope John Paul II, and was also used in the 2005 Conclave. Shown was the spartan but comfortable lodgings of the Cardinal-electors. The Cardinals will be assigned the rooms randomly.

Add : 220,000 people had ‘adopted’ a Cardinal through the Adopt a Cardinal website, and pray for them during this period.

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Tuesday, 5 March 2013 : 3rd Week of Lent (Scripture Reflection)

Forgiveness is not an easy thing to be done. It is a difficult thing to do, but yet also a very noble virtue. Forgiveness allow us to transcend hatred and evil, and allow us to break free from that cycle of hatred and death, and instead enter into the realm of love and compassion. For love is not complete without forgiveness, and how can we truly love someone if we have something between us and that person, that we have yet to forgive?

God loves us and He will never leave us in trouble. Just like the king, if we humble ourselves, and throw ourselves at the feet of the Lord, God will surely have pity on us and be merciful. But there is of course limit to God’s mercy, and there is also something that we have to do, that is to truly transform ourselves, to prove to the Lord that we are truly regretful and repentant of all our sins and faults.

How to do that? Not to do public penance and awesome lamentations, and neither do we fast in public and show our regret, but what matters is, our heart. A contrite heart and a broken spirit, that seeks the Lord for healing and forgiveness. These are what the Lord truly wants from us, as these are the sign of our sincerity and our true love for Him, instead of love that is hidden beneath layers of pride and self-vanity.

Therefore, brothers and sisters in Christ, let us use this holy and fruitful season of Lent, to forgive one another of the faults we have made, either intentionally or unintentionally. Let us reach out to one another in forgiveness and in sincere love, that in doing so, we too show our great love for the Lord. Do not keep grudge for one another, and do not hate, no matter how great the temptations are, for to hate is to bring ourselves into sin, and into evil, and finally into death and separation from God.

Give thanks to the Lord for all the wonders He had given us, for all the guidance He had given us, especially through difficult times, and let us always strive to orient ourselves towards Him and place Him at the centre of our life. Through regular and constant attendance of the Holy Mass, devotions and prayers, and asking His glorious saints and blesseds to pray for us, our faith and our love for God, and for man alike will only ever grow stronger and stronger.

Pray for one another, and especially now that the Church is preparing for the Conclave, let us also pray for the Cardinals that they can elect a new Pope who is loving, faithful, and filled with the Holy Spirit in his leadership of God’s people on this world. Amen.

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(Live from Rome) Prayer for the Universal Church : Wednesday, 6 March 2013 at 5 pm CET / Rome Time

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, members of the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church throughout the world. Let us all join together with the prayers for the Church that will be held today in Rome at 5 pm, and wherever we are in the world, let us spend the time for prayer for the Church, for the Cardinal-electors, and for the election of our new Pope.

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The event will be live from Rome at Vatican Player, at either http://www.vatican.va/video/ or http://player.rv.va/?language=en&visual=VaticanTic. Do join in the prayers, and if you are unable to do so, and still in the workplace or busy with other commitments, just pray in your hearts, for the sake of our Holy Church.

 

Timing :

1. Rome : Wednesday, 6 March 2013 at 5 pm (UTC+1)

2. UTC : Wednesday, 6 March 2013 at 4 pm

3. EST : Wednesday, 6 March 2013 at 11 am (UTC-5)

4. PST : Wednesday, 6 March 2013 at 8 am (UTC-8)

5. WIB : Wednesday, 6 March 2013 at 11 pm (UTC+7) (West Indonesian Time, Bangkok, etc.)

6. Singapore : Thursday, 7 March 2013 at 0.00 am (UTC+8) (Singapore, Malaysia, HK, Macau, China, etc.)

 

The Cardinals, led by the Dean of the College of Cardinals, Cardinal Angelo Sodano, will pray together at St. Peter’s Basilica, and also participate in Eucharistic Adoration, led by the Cardinal Dean of the College. Let us pray for them, and pray that the Conclave will begin soon, and a new Pope, and a good Pope can be soon elected.

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Pictures of all 115 Cardinal-electors of the Holy Roman Church heading into the Conclave

http://www.photovat.com/PHOTOVAT/CARDINALI%20ELETTORI/CARDINALI-ELETTORI.htm

On the Vatican photo website above you can find the pictures of each and every one of the Cardinal-electors, in fact all 117 of them, including Cardinal Julius Darmaatmadja of Indonesia who will not be attending the Conclave due to health problems and failing eyesight, and Cardinal Edwin Frederick O’ Brien of Scotland, UK, who will not be attending the Conclave due to serious allegations against him.

Nevertheless, we pray for both Cardinal O’ Brien and Cardinal Darmaatmadja that God will always be with them, and of course we pray for all the rest of the Cardinal-electors who will go into the Conclave to elect the new Pope! May the Holy Spirit be with them and guide them through until we hear “Habemus Papam! We have a Pope!”

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First General Congregation of the College of Cardinals in ongoing : We pray for the Cardinals and wait for news

The First General Congregation of the College of Cardinals in now ongoing in Rome (since half an hour ago, 9.30 am Rome time today), with most Cardinals having arrived in Rome, to discuss the Conclave, and the qualities needed for the next Pope. Which is also a chance for the Cardinals to discuss among themselves who they think the best candidate is.

The date of the Conclave will also be decided shortly, if not in this meeting, then in the Second General Congregation which will begin at 5 pm Rome time today. We pray for the Cardinal-electors, that the Holy Spirit will guide all of them in this period, and later into the Conclave, that we will soon have a new Pope, a wonderful new Shepherd to lead God’s Church in this world.

We await the press briefing by Fr. Federico Lombardi, head of the Holy See Press Office, which will be at 1 pm Rome time today (CET/UTC+1).

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Pope Benedict XVI’s retirement and what the world thinks of it : Why we should not fear and worry

http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/commentandblogs/2013/03/01/every-snarky-comment-about-the-pope-is-an-insult-to-me/

Indeed, as we all should know, the world does not like us, it does not like the Pope who leads the Church, just as it does not like Christ, as He Himself had said that this world hated Me, and it will also hate and persecute those who believes in Me and follow My teachings and My ways.

But we should not fear, and we should neither worry, but we must be courageous and steadfast as God will guide us and He will surely protect us from harm. Let us all, rather than hating the world and hating these people and institutions which had made so many attacks on the Pope and the Church, let us forgive them, and pray for them. That they all too will learn the truth of Christ, and be enlightened. Let us show them what is the Church and our faith all about, not by attacking back viciously or having any siege mentality, but let us offer ourselves in love, to embrace those who hates us, that they too will believe in God and His love.

God bless us all, and God bless His Holy Church, our Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, his successor-to-be, and bless the world with all its people. Amen.

 

Content of the article from site above :

 

Every snarky comment about the Pope is an insult to me

People outside the faith will never understand how much the Holy Father means to us

By on Friday, 1 March 2013

The See of Peter is vacant, and as a result, like so many others all over the world, I feel a little bereft as I write this. Yesterday, as in so many other parishes, we did our best to mark the end of Benedict XVI’s reign and ministry as Supreme Pastor. The children in our primary school, many of whom were not born when he was elected, had a celebration; and there was, in the evening, Vespers, Benediction and Te Deum, followed by food and drink. It was nice to be able to say goodbye to a Pope while he was still alive – a novel event – rather than to mark his death and burial; but all the time I was aware of those pictures on the television, of the helicopter flying past the dome of St Peter’s taking the Pope away from us all. It felt like a bereavement, and it felt that way because it was a bereavement.

I was born in the early months of Pope Paul VI’s reign, and so I have seen four Popes, and await my fifth. I have had a deep personal attachment to all four, even though I never met any of them in the flesh, and I only ever saw John Paul II from an immense distance. But, the Pope is our father, and we love him; he belongs to us, we are part of the same family of faith. These four pontiffs have had a great formative influence on me, and I do not think that someone who is not a Catholic can really understand this. Andrew Brown,  who writes for the Guardian, always writes well, and he has great insight into religious matters, but he stands outside the family of faith, and as a result, he does not get why this Pope, indeed any Pope, matters to us so intensely. The Church is not an organisation like the United Nations or the European Union or the Liberal Democrat Party. It is the Mystical Body of Christ. To be Catholic is to experience the joy, peace and love that belonging to the Mystical Body brings; it is to be in communion with the Pope, which is the visible sign of that Mystical unity. And that in the end is why I cannot really express to anyone just how intensely I loved Benedict XVI, John Paul II, John Paul I, and Paul VI, or how intensely I will love the Pope who is to be elected shortly.

This is the mystery of the Mystical Body. Those outside the Church need to deal with it. It is the way we are. And it is the reason why when people make snarky comments on Twitter about the Pope, any Pope, they do not really insult the Successor of the Apostles, they insult me.

How happy I am that, wherever I have been in the world, I have been with people who profess the Catholic Faith, people who follow Christ and follow Peter. Ubi Petrus, ibi Ecclesia, ibi vita eterna. For those who need a translation: Where Peter is, there is the Church, there is eternal life!

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Wednesday, 27 February 2013 : 2nd Week of Lent (Scripture Reflection)

Today we again hear about the virtues of humility, and that humility is indeed not the symbol of humiliation, but rather, the symbol of internal strength and justification before God. We also listen today that as the ones who are faithful to the Lord and to His message, life will not be easy for many of us, as the world who hates Christ and His truth, the evil one who hates Him, will definitely also hate all of us, who believe in Him.

Then, through humility, we learn the value of service, to serve one another, following the example of Christ who led by example, the very example of His own life, that ended with His sacrifice on the cross, His ultimate service to all of us. He taught us that to be a leader, we have to render service to others, and ultimately to be responsible for the people entrusted to us. Such is Christ as the Good Shepherd showed His example to us, as a good shepherd lay down his life for his sheep. So too a leader must lay down his ego, and strive to work for the good of the people that he is the leader of.

It is always difficult to do good, to do charitable and loving acts in this world, as there will be many who will not be pleased at such acts, and there will be many who are against the Lord and His ways. But we have to persevere to do so, for the good of the people around us, and for the world itself, even if it hates us so.

Today, in his speech at his last General Audience with the public, our beloved Pope Benedict XVI has mentioned that although he will no longer be Pope, he will never abandon the Church, but rather he will continue in prayer and therefore, as we all should know, lead us in the spiritual battle against the evil one and his mischievous ways, through prayer. For indeed, a praying retired Pope is more powerful than even when he was still active as Pope and leader of our Church. Our Pope too, imitating Christ, in his great humility, has decided to step down, and therefore allow others who are more capable to continue the good works he had started for the good of everyone, especially that of the faithful in Christ.

Our Pope mentioned that although he stepped down from the cross that he has undertaken as our leader, he remains at the foot of the cross in prayer, to support the new Pope who will bear the cross of Christ, together with all the faithful. It is a symbol indeed of great humility, which we too can follow. Remember too, Christ who is divine, but yet lowered Himself such that He was willing to die on the shameful cross, only for the symbol of that shame to be transformed into the victorious cross. We, who are to bear our own crosses with the Lord, should therefore follow in our Lord’s footsteps, to carry our crosses in humility, in order for the burdens of our crosses to be transformed too, into the victorious cross.

But, we are not in this alone, for God walks with us, He who suffered through mockery, humiliation, and death for us. And remember too that all of us, brothers and sisters in Christ, walk together this path of faith, towards the Lord. The path will not be easy, and many challenges would await us, but if we stay faithful in Christ, and believe in one another, and most importantly help one another in our journey, and keep love at the centre of our being, we will prevail. The Lord too would not have prevailed, had He not, out of His infinite love for all of us, willing to continue, bearing the weight of all of our sins, through falling and rising, and through curses and lashes, towards Calvary, and from there towards salvation of all mankind.

Therefore, brothers and sisters in Christ, today, let us pray for ourselves, pray for one another, and also pray for our Pope, that together, despite all the sufferings and the obstacles laid in our path towards God, that we can stay together, help one another, and shoulder our crosses, that when the time comes, our burden and our shame will be transformed to that of the victorious cross of Christ, the symbol of salvation. Let us pray too that all of us will be able to embark on missions to reach out to others around us, to alleviate suffering from all, and to show love to all those whom we meet, even to those who hates us and wish for our destruction.

God bless us all, God bless His Holy Church, and God bless our Pope, Benedict XVI. Amen!