Who do I want to win this battle, the communist or the virus?
Flu or flu shot/booster ?
That is not a Fiat 500.
I needed to check on when Pope Francis was elected. Indeed it was ten years ago, a good reign for an old man. I came across this interesting tidbit about the election of popes. But it seems a bit backwards.
The pope does not need to be a cardinal elector or indeed a cardinal; since the pope is the bishop of Rome, only those who can be ordained a bishop can be elected, which means that any male baptized Catholic is eligible. The last to be elected when not yet a bishop was Gregory XVI in 1831, the last to be elected when not even a priest was Leo X in 1513, and the last to be elected when not a cardinal was Urban VI in 1378. If someone who is not a bishop is elected, he must be given episcopal ordination before the election is announced to the people.
How could the last not to be a Cardinal have been elected before two men who were not even ordained a priest or a bishop?
The church (I am not a Roman Catholic) should look for much younger men to lead it.
Novena for the Roman Pontiff
In the Name of The Father, and of The Son, and of The Holy Ghost.
Lord, source of eternal life and truth, give to your shepherd a spirit
of courage and right judgment, a spirit of knowledge and love.
By governing with fidelity those entrusted to his care,
may he, as successor to the Apostle Peter and Vicar of Christ,
build Your Church into a sacrament of unity, love and peace for all the world.
+Amen.
V. Let us pray for the Pope.
R. May the Lord preserve him, give him a long life, make him blessed upon the earth, and not hand him over to the power of his enemies.
V. May your hand be upon your holy servant.
R. And upon your son, whom you have anointed.
Our Father ...
Hail Mary ...
Glory Be ...
In the Name of The Father, and of The Son, and of The Holy Ghost.
+Amen.
Its a good thing confession is offered at my parish today.
Let’s hope he got all his vaccination updates....
I recall when the flu going through the Kremlin meant that GHWB had to make another trip to Moscow.
A Fiat 500???? That’s some top-notch security.
It’s climate change I tell you.
This is the Papal variant.
A Fiat 500???? That’s some top-notch security.
May God take him and send him to his just reward…. an eternity in HELL!
GOOD, KEEP him there.
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