by user | Apr 5, 2013 | News
Prayer for the Pope O God, who in your providential design willed that your Church be built upon blessed Peter, whom you set over the other Apostles, look with favour, we pray, on Francis our Pope and grant that he, whom you have made Peter’s successor, may be for...
by user | Mar 17, 2013 | News
May 12-19, 2013 Suggestions to prepare and celebrate the National Week for Life and the Family – An initiative of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops – The Family: Facing Life’s Challenges Together With Christ The National Week for Life and the Family is an...
by user | Mar 13, 2013 | News
Source: news.va (Vatican Radio) Citing the Latin formula, Habemus Papam, the Proto Deacon, French Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran appeared on the central balcony of Saint Peter’s Basilica Wednesday evening to announce the election of the 265th Successor of Saint Peter:...
by user | Mar 13, 2013 | News
by Rev. Dr. Athanasius McVay The vacancy of the Sancta Sedes Apostolica, the Holy Apostolic See of Rome, is known as the sede vacante, the Latin ablative absolute of sedes vacans, meaning “when the see is vacant.” The Roman See (diocese) is called Apostolic because,...
by user | Mar 1, 2013 | News
On February 28, 2013, Benedict XVI, now Pope-Emeritus, leaves the Chair of Peter to dedicate himself to a life of prayer and solitude. We give thanks to God for his scholarly intellect, his loving pastor’s heart, and shining holiness during his eight-year tenure as...
