Still waiting for confirmation of GG's arrival in the Eternal City. Be sure to check back during the day for more updates.
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My niece was in Charles de Gaulle in Paris just recently and all the gendarmes were surrounding a tiny woman on the floor who would not stand up when told to. Kath listened for a moment and realized that the French were trying to get her to comprehend to "stand up" but she was responding in a language they didn't understand. Then, my niece, realizing the woman was speaking Italian told the gendarmes in French that the woman was speaking Italian and could she translate for them. The French police officer said, "Mais Oui!" My niece asked the woman why she refused to stand up and then told the French police, "She says she is sorry but she has fallen and thinks both her ankles are broken." It turns out they were. An ambulance was called immediately.
The pleasures of travel!
Frank
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Special indulgences for World Youth Day
Aug. 09 (CWNews.com) - Pope Benedict XVI (bio - news) has granted two special indulgences for World Youth Day, which will be held in Cologne from August 16 to 21.
According to a Latin-language decree of the Apostolic Penitentiary dated August 2 and made public August 8, a plenary indulgence is available to the faithful who attend the sacred functions of World Youth Day and also "attentively and religiously" participate in its solemn conclusion on Sunday, August 21. The decree lists the additional conditions that must be fulfilled in order to gain this or any other plenary indulgence: sacramental Confession, reception of Holy Communion, prayer for the intention of the Holy Father, and a soul free from attachment to any sin.
A partial indulgence is available to all the other faithful, wherever they may be during World Youth Day, if, with a contrite heart, they pray fervently that Christian youth
#1 be strengthened in the profession of the Faith;
#2 be confirmed in love and reverence toward their parents; and
#3 form a firm resolution to follow "the holy norms of the Gospel and Mother Church" in living out their present or future family life, or whatever vocation they are called to by God.
The decree was signed by Cardinal James Francis Stafford and Father P. Gianfranco Girotti, OFM Conv., the major penitentiary and regent of the tribunal.
Well, that's an exciting start to the journey! On a wing and a prayer.