Archbishop of Detroit, Allen Henry Vigneron (above two images)
Algerian Archbishop Ghaleb Moussa Abdalla
Archbishop of St. Louis, Robert James Carlson
Archbishop of New Orleans, Gregory Michael Aymond
Archbishop Philip Naameh of Ghana
Spanish Archbishop Braulio Rodriguez Plaza
Today is the Double of the I Class Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul! Alleluia! Let us pray the Hymn from Lauds of the 1962 Breviary for this Feast. In addition, please see my previous post in honor of Sts. Peter and Paul.1. Peter, blest Shepherd, hearken to our cry,Prayer:
And with a word unloose our guilty chain;
Thou! who hast power to ope the gates on high
To men below, and power to shut them fast again.
2. Lead us, great teacher Paul, in wisdom’s ways,
And lift our hearts with thine to heaven’s high throne;
Till faith beholds the clear meridian blaze;
And sunlike in the soul reigns charity alone.
3. Praise, blessing, majesty, through endless days,
Be to the Trinity immortal given;
Who in pure unity profoundly sways
Eternally alike all things in earth and heaven.
Source: Copyright Benziger Brothers, 1922. Online Edition Copyright David M. Cheney, 2006.
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The newly ordained priests are Lukasz Sydlowski from Poland (L-R), Thomas Suter from Switzerland and Hakan Erik Lindstroem from Sweden.
Above are photos from the beautiful (and valid!) Ordination Mass for the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX). His Excellency Bishop Alfonso de Galaretta ordained the young men to the priesthood.June 24, 2009
MOSCOW - THE Russian Orthodox Church has agreed to send priests to help bailiffs 'shame' debtors and men dodging their alimony payments, the Kommersant newspaper reported on Wednesday.
'Representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church will exercise spiritual influence over the debtors to teach them about the unacceptability of living in debt,' Russia's chief bailiff, Artur Parfenchikov, was quoted as saying.
A deal signed on Sunday between the Church and the federal bailiffs service came after a test programme in the northern city of Saint Petersburg saw 'fabulous' results, a spokesperson for the service told the daily.
'One of the men due to pay alimony ran to get money right after speaking with the priest. Another two decided to return to their families. The rest promised to pay their debts at the first opportunity,' the spokesperson said.
Under the agreement, the priest's official role will be 'to remonstrate with and to shame' debtors, Kommersant reported.
The Orthodox Church has also agreed to preach that 'not paying back debt, according to the precepts of the Church, is equivalent to taking what is not yours - that is theft,' it said.
Religion is kept separate from the state under Russia's constitution but the historically dominant Orthodox Church has emerged as a powerful political force since the collapse of the officially atheist Soviet Union.
Russian bailiffs have not stopped at recruiting help from the Orthodox Church. In regions where Buddhism or Islam are the dominant faiths, bailiffs are working with representatives of those religions, the paper reported. -- AFP
Source: The Straits Times
His Holiness Pope Pius XI wrote 31 encyclicals, and A Catholic Life would like to encourage the readings of these documents. Therefore, I have edited the following posts to include information about encyclicals. Many of my posts are written so as to benefit users who find the site through search engines and bookmarked visits. And, I feel that these edits will help those visitors find even more spiritually useful information.
His Holiness Pope St. Pius X wrote 17 encyclicals, and A Catholic Life would like to encourage the readings of these documents. Therefore, I have edited the following posts to include information about encyclicals. Many of my posts are written so as to benefit users who find the site through search engines and bookmarked visits. And, I feel that these edits will help those visitors find even more spiritually useful information.
His Holiness Pope Benedict XV wrote 12 encyclicals, and A Catholic Life would like to encourage the readings of these documents. Therefore, I have edited the following posts to include information about encyclicals. Many of my posts are written so as to benefit users who find the site through search engines and bookmarked visits. And, I feel that these edits will help those visitors find even more spiritually useful information.
