Will Benedict support collegiality — sharing more power with the bishops and exercising less centralization?
Papal: May 2005 Archives
(Thanks, RC)
A reader asks where he can get an audio copy of the "Litany of the Saints" that was sung at Pope John Paul II's funeral. Can anyone help him? If so write me at eje [at] ewanco.com.
Pope John Paul's 1975 Ford Escort GL goes up for auction
"The only car the late Pope John Paul was believed to have ever owned is up for auction, and the seller expects it to fetch $1.5 million to $5 million US."
This one he actually used as Pope, and personally handed over to the present owner.
...bumper stickers (thanks to John Desmond)
Petition to have John Paul II henceforth known as John Paul the Great.
There is a good, if that be possible, New York Times article about the Pope which makes the observations that at his installation Mass the Pope "reverted to a wool pallium in the style worn by the pontiffs of the first millennium", that he had the Gospel chanted in both Latin and Greek (as once was done at every papal Mass" with a Byzantine deacon, and that "his main goal in restoring the liturgy is reconciliation with the Byzantine church." Couple that with his inclusion of the Eastern hierarchs in the funeral Mass of John Paul and a few other hopeful signs, and I expecting great things of this pope with respect to his relationship with Eastern Christians, both Catholic and Orthodox (and Apostolic and Oriental).
Here is a well-done slideshow tribute to John Paul the Great. It's not very long so give it a look.
