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Monthly Archives: May 2025
Leo XIV’s first public words
Pope Leo XIV greeted the city of Rome and the world with these words at his first appearance as the Successor of Peter from the Central Loggia of St Peter’s Basilica: Pope Leo XIV: Greetings to Rome and to the … Read More
ASK FATHER: What if the cardinals chose a man who is not in the conclave?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: What if the cardinals chose a man who is not in the conclave? They can chose a baptized male, right? It’s unlikely that they would go outside the Cardinals in the conclave, even for an older … Read More
A Sonnet “The Election of the Pope” in Roman dialect by G.G. Belli
We are privileged again to have another sonnet from the 19th c. poet Giuseppe Gioachino Belli… Er Belli. He wrote seriously funny sonnets in the Roman dialect about life in Rome and aimed deadly satire at Rome’s clerics, religious, prelates and … Read More
“…qui sibi nomen imposuit [NAME]”? Nominative? Accusative? Genitive?
From a priest… QUAERITUR: I’m sure Rome is exciting this week more than Easter Week. I noticed something peculiar watching old Habemus Papam videos. Following the sibi nomen imposuit, ir seems the name has traditionally been given first in the … Read More
Conclave watch… WATCH: Readers… get involved! (UPDATE: NEW POPE watch WATCH!…)
UPDATE: Well that was fast! Let’s keep going. Originally Published on: May 8, 2025 at 06:36 Collectively we can do some looking around. If you are watching online or by TV any coverage of the conclave, or the chimney, what service … Read More
DURING A CONCLAVE! 8 May – Indulgence for the Supplication to Our Lady of Pompeii (twice a year)
This year the 8 May Supplica to Our Lady of Pompeii has fallen during the FIRST FULL DAY OF A CONCLAVE. It is often recited at 1200 Noon. Perhaps you would say it for a good result from the Conclave. … Read More
Catholic school staged an educational monk Conclave
I’ve been sitting on these for a couple of days but this is a good time to post them. A priest reader here sent photos and links to video of the St. Lawrence parish school’s “conclave”. Father wrote: Fr. Hollowell … Read More
ROME 25/4– Day 28: Conclave day
On this Conclave Day 2025, the sun rose on Rome at 5:56. It will set – whether there is a new Pope or not – at 20:18. The Ave Maria won’t ring in the conclave at 20:30. It is the … Read More
Another Roman Sonnet from “Er Belli” – “The end of the conclave” (1831)
Here is another of the brilliant Roman dialect sonnets by Giuseppe Gioacchino Belli. Belli was a sharp observer of like in 19th c. Rome. L’upertura der concrave Senti, senti castello come spara! Senti montescitorio come sona! è sseggno ch’è ffinita … Read More
Priests, Sacrament of Penance again under attack by the State
You have probably heard about law in Washington that priests will be required to divulge to law enforcement anything about child abuse which they learned when hearing confessions (in the internal forum). Fox now reports HERE that priests who obey … Read More
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