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BENEDICT XVI: NEWS, PAPAL TEXTS, PHOTOS AND COMMENTARY

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THE CHRISTMAS EVE VATICAN INCIDENT:
The Pope was not knocked down -
he was yanked forward and down!


The initial reports that made all the newspapers of the world on Christmas Day were unanimous in saying the Pope was 'knocked down', when he was really pulled forward before falling. It all happens in just a few seconds. I believe only AFP's Gina Doggett reported it correctly - as she based her account on a video that showed the incident.

From the clearest amateur video I've seen so far - the 'attack' starts at 0:48 seconds into the clip.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcP_00cPnZc&feature=player_embedded



I got this sequence of stills from the few seconds of the video that shows the Pope's attacker grab his pallium and pull him forward - the Holy Father actually takes a couple of steps (or is dragged) before he falls forward. Mons. Marini is unable to get close fast enough to keep him up.

God be thanked nothing worse happened to the Holy Father, but let us say a prayer for Cardinal Etchegaray, 87, who fractured his hip in the melee and will have to undergo surgery.

As the most senior cardinal present, he must have been processing just a few steps in front of the Holy Father with the most senior cardinals, then took a tumble from the domino effect of the Pope's fall, or in the rush of the security people to get to the attacker and to the Pope. A hip or spine fracture is one of the most serious accidents that can happen to any person over 60.


BENEDICT THE UNFLAPPABLE - The following picture was taken barely a minute after the Holy Father got back to his feet.

Watching the Mass live on TV - and not learning exactly what had caused the momentary delay in the procession and the security men rushing happened until well into the Mass - no one would have thought the Holy Father had just been through such a scare. One imagines the Vicar of Christ is never really unprotected... God be with him always! And AD MULTOS ANNOS!

DOLCE CRISTO IN TERRA
After giving the Urbi et Orbi blessing today.




Damian Thompson's is the only Anglophone reaction I have seen so far - an a most congenial one to which we can all say AMEN! Most commentators are on Christmas Day leave, it seems.


The assault on Pope Benedict reminds us
how much we need this brave man


Dec. 25, 2009


The assault on Pope Benedict XVI is very disturbing to watch on video. It makes the stomach lurch. For an 82-year-old man to have to preside over a service watched by millions is daunting enough – and, remember, Joseph Ratzinger is not a natural showman, unlike his predecessor. He does not find these things easy.

Imagine the horror of being suddenly knocked to the ground at such a nerve-wracking moment. That he was unharmed is a small miracle. If the Pope had broken his hip, which could so easily have happened, then his health might have been seriously damaged: Many old people are never quite the same again after a fall. As it was, he carried on bravely, as if nothing had happened.

The Catholic Church really needs Benedict XVI: his health (which seems fine, thank God) is a matter of concern, and not just because his visit to Britain depends on it.

This Holy Father is an adventurous and radical leader. In 2007, he issued a historic apostolic letter, Summorum Pontificum, that brought closer together the older and newer forms of the Roman Rite; it will take years for it to “bed in” properly, though the transformation has begun.

Who now regards the celebration of the Tridentine Rite as something dangerously exotic, as was the case a few years ago? Yes, certain bishops continue to disregard the Pope’s wishes, but the Vatican knows who they are, thanks in part to the internet.

Then there is the Apostolic Constitution for ex-Anglicans. This is a personal initiative of Pope Benedict; the Ordinariates will take shape next year, but because the Pope has brushed aside the Church’s lazy liberal consensus – as he did with Summorum Pontificum – the scheme requires constant pressure from the Holy See to make sure it is implemented properly. Get it right, and there will be a mighty crossing of the Tiber. (I think we can trust Archbishop Vincent Nichols on this one; his colleagues, not so much.)

Most of all, Pope Benedict XVI needs time to ensure that all his initiatives are incorporated into the fundamental renewal of worship that he has dreamed of for decades, one which properly fulfils the vision of Vatican II, outlaws the abuses permitted by Archbishop Bugnini, and restores the unbroken tradition of the Church. Ad multos annos!

[Modificato da TERESA BENEDETTA 05/09/2010 04:24]
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