Monday, Oct. 26
Blessed CONTARDO FERRINI(Italy, 1859-1902)
Lay Franciscan, 'Patron of Universities'
A renowned legal expert who taught at various
universities, he learned a dozen languages,
wrote a great deal on faith and science, and
performed his lay apostolate both with the
Third Order and the Society of St. Vincent
de Paul. He was beatified in 1947.
No OR today.
THE POPE'S DAY
The Holy Father met today with
- Cardinal Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez, Archbishop of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)
- Cardinal Antonio María Rouco Varela, Archbishop of Madrid
- Cardinal Severino Poletto, Archbishop of Turin
- Faculty, Students and Staff of the Pontifical Biblical Institute. Address in Italian.
The Vatican Press Office issued this statement in Italian and English:
COMMUNIQUE OF THE PONTIFICAL COMMISSION
'ECCLESIA DEI'
On Monday 26 October 2009 in the Palazzo del Sant'Uffizio, headquarters of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and of the Pontifical Commission "Ecclesia Dei", the study commission made up of experts from "Ecclesia Dei" and from the Society of St. Pius X held its first meeting, with the aim of examining the doctrinal differences still outstanding between the Society and the Apostolic See.
In a cordial, respectful and constructive climate, the main doctrinal questions were identified. These will be studied in the course of discussions to be held over coming months, probably
twice a month*.
In particular, the questions due to be examined concern
- the concept of Tradition,
- the Missal of Paul VI
- the interpretation of Vatican Council II in continuity with Catholic doctrinal Tradition
- the themes of
the unity of the Church and the Catholic principles of ecumenism,
the relationship between Christianity and non-Christian religions, and
religious freedom.
The meeting also served to specify the method and organisation of the work.
*10/27/09
NB: The Press Office has corrected the communique -
meetings will be 'every two months',
not 'twice a month'. [In Italian, '
bimestrale', not bimensile'.]
[Modificato da TERESA BENEDETTA 27/10/2009 13:03]