Saturday, Oct. 16
ST. IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH (also Theophorus, 'God-bearer')
(born Syria ca. 28-35, died Rome ca. 108)
One of the Apostolic Patriarchs, Disciple of St. John
Third Bishop of Antioch, Martyr
He was fed to the lions under Emperor Trajan.
According to tradition, he was the child
Jesus took in his arms in Mark 9,35.
OR today.
The Pope's appeal on World Food Day:
More investment for agriculture in the poorer countries
There is an accompanying editorial commentary on 'Hunger and politics'. Also on Page 1: The Pope's audiences for Prince Albert of Monaco and Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko of the Ukraine; a brief update on the Synodal assembly, where Friday was spent in sessions of the various working groups; and a story speculating that a runoff election in Afghanistan is looking more likely.
The inside pages contain the Catholic message to the Hindus of the world for Diwali; an item about the start of the first post-Ravenna sessions of the Mixed Catholic-Orthodox Commission for Theological Dialog, in Cyprus; Madrid prepares for Catholic rally tomorrow in defense of life; and three unusual articles regarding two cardinals of the Curia - Cardinal Raffaele Farina, Archivist and Librarian of the Holy Roman Church, who was given an honorary doctorate in theology and patristics by Rome's Istituto Patristico Augustinianum: his acceptance speech on the novelty of the Pax Constantiniana brought about by Emperor Constantine in the 4th century, and an article about his 1966 doctoral thesis on the work of the historian Eusebius as the first political theology of Christianity. The second cardinal is the Archpriest of St. Peter's Basilica, Cardinal Angelo Comastri, who has written a book on St. Peter, Ti chiamerai Pietro. Autobiografia del primo Papa ('I will call you Peter': Autobiography of the first Pope).
THE POPE'S DAY
No scheduled official events, but the Synodal Assembly bulletin says he attended the 16th general
congregation this morning, during which a draft of the assembly's final message was presented
and discussed.
This evening, a concert in honor of His Holiness at Aula Paolo VI by internationally-renowned
Chinese pianist Jin Ju, who will play on seven historic instruments illustrating the development
of the piano, with the music of Bach, Scarlatti, Mozart, Czerny, Beethoven, Chopin, Tschaikovsky
and Liszt. The occasion is the 20th anniversary of the Accademia Pianistica Internazionale
of Imola, in Italy's Romagna region, where Jin Ju teaches.
The Vatican announced that the Holy Father has named Cardinal Antonio Canizares Llovera,
Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship; and Mons. Raymond Burke, Emeritus Archbishop
of St. Louis and Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Segnatura - as members of
the Congregation for Bishops.
31 YEARS AGO TODAY...
Cardinal Karol Wojtyla, Archbishop of Cracow,
was elected Pope, taking the name John Paul II.
He was remembered today at the Synod assembly,
along with St. Ignatius of Antioch.
Here's a video of that 'Habemus Papam':
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPtKVeJKoYM
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