Tuesday, January 11
A generic image of the 87 English martyrs beatified in 1987.
Blessed William Carter (England, 1548-1684), Printer and Martyr
This was a man who was tortured for months, while his wife was hounded to death,
for printing Catholic books and possessing Catholic literature, and then was sentenced
summarily to be hung, drawn and quartered, literally, in the fiercely anti-Catholic
period that followed the establishment of the Church of England. He was specifically
condemnded for publishing a book with a paragraph that expressed confidence that
'Catholic hope' would triumph, and a line that 'pious Judith would slay Holofernes',
for which he was accused of incitement to slay the Queen. He was one of 87 martyrs of
the English Reformation who were beatified in 1987.
Readings for today's Mass: www.usccb.org/nab/readings/011111.shtml
OR for 1/10-1/11/2011:
In an address to the Vatican diplomatic corps, the Pope denounces anti-Chistian violence
and calls for effective measures to protect religious minorities:
'Religious freedom for everyone'
The double issue covers the Pope's Mass and Angelus on Sunday, Feast of the Baptism of our Lord, and his annual address to the diplomatic corps yesterday. There is a front-page editorial on the 'politics' of the Church and the Pope's insistence on religious freedom these days. Page 1 international news: Demonstrations by young people protesting unemployment and high food prices continue in Algeria and Tunisia. In the inside pages, an account of how German forces actually bombed the Vatican in 1943 twice, fortunately causing little damage (but probably intended to pressure the Vatican against its behind-the-scenes protests against Nazi decrees).
No bulletin posted yet on the Vatican site for 1/11 as of 2 p.m. Rome time.
[Modificato da TERESA BENEDETTA 11/01/2011 14:16]