Thursday, Oct. 22
Illustrations: Center, St. Juan Capistrano appearing to Pedro, Giordano, 17th-cent.;
Right, Ecstasy of Pedro Alcantara, 18th-cent. Peruvian painting.
ST. PEDRO DE ALCANTARA (Spain, 1499-1562)
Franciscan, Reformer, Mystic
Contemporary of Sts. Ignacio de Loyola and Juan de la Cruz
Confessor of St. Teresa of Avila, inspired her Carmelite reforms
His reformed Franciscans of the stricter order eventually became
the Order of Friars Minor (OFM), main Franciscan order.
He appeared in a vision to St. Teresa after his death.
OR today.
Illustration: Funeral of St. Bernard of Clairvaux, 12th-cent. French manuscript.
At the General Audience, the Pope proposes the teachings of St. Bernard of Clairvaux:
'God is found more easily through prayer than discussion'
Other Page 1 stories: Benedict XVI receives a copy of the 'Compendium eucharisticum' (right photo, upper panel) from Cardinal Antonio Canizares Llovera, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship - a Church manual for study, meditation and prayer about the Eucharist, as provided for in the Pope's Post-Synodal Exhortation Sacramentum caritatis; an editorial commentary on how the African media have virtually ignored the current Synodal assembly for Africa, but local Catholics explain they will wait for their bishops to come home and tell them about it; and Israel will ask changes in the international conventions on war to regulate allowable conduct against terrorists who are not part of a national army.
THE POPE'S DAY
The Holy Father met today with:
- Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops
- Mons. Francesco Coccopalmerio, President of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
- Mons. Zygmunt Zimowski, President of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Ministry to Healthcare Workers
- Mons. Vincenzo Pelvi, Military Ordinary (Bishop) for Italy.
The Holy Father today made the following Curial nominations:
- Mons. Jean Laffitte, until now Vice-President of the Pontifical Academy for Life, as Secretary
of the Pontifical Council for the Family.
- Mons. Mario Toso, as Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, of which
he has been a member.
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