Daily Rome Shot 1552 – Can it really be 5 years already?

The London Oratory Schola went to Rome and sang at The Parish on Sunday.

Today’s Wordle: 3

Beer.

So much more than just a great breakfast drink!

Just want to remind everyone this is an option for Lent pic.twitter.com/MMpQjdtHp0

— Templarpilled (@Templarpilled) February 17, 2026

The wonderful Benedict XIV, Papa Lambertini, greatly admired also by the late and much missed Fr. Hunwicke.

A prince asked Benedict XIV: “Why has the Church, which is a loving mother, not divided Lent into four periods of ten days per year?” Benedict XIV replied: “That would not have been wise. For then people would certainly have celebrated Carnival four times, but not fasted once.” pic.twitter.com/3QfxBXK8S3

— P. D’Angona, Sacerdos Romano-Catholicus (@RomanoSace57080) February 17, 2026

And… 5 years already… sheesh….

There will never be another Rush Limbaugh. ?? pic.twitter.com/MySNciL9Px

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) February 18, 2026

And… another passage of time….

"The Church calls the season we have entered today ‘Quadragesima’, namely, a 40-day period and, with a clear reference to Sacred Scripture, in this way introduces us into a precise spiritual context." A catechesis on Lent by Pope Benedict XVI https://t.co/98zM29sOHf pic.twitter.com/t3BnXNZbyF

— Catholic Sat (@CatholicSat) February 18, 2026

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