Thursday, Oct. 15
Left: Statue in St. Peter's Basilica; extreme right, Bernini's Ecstasy of St. Teresa, Rome.
ST. TERESA OF AVILA (Spain, 1515-1582)
Carmelite nun, Mystic, Writer
Founder of Discalced Carmelites
with San Juan de la Cruz [John of the Cross]
Doctor of the Church
OR today.
Illustration: Peter the Venerable praying before the Virgin, Foglio from the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris.
Recalling Peter the Venerable at the General Audience,
the Pope reproposes the lifestyle of an authentic disciple of Christ:
Openness to one's neighbor, forgiveness and search for peace
Other Page 1 stories: Synodal fathers sift through Africa's problems; and the Congolese peoples under the weight of war. The inside pages carry two more stories on Africa - Cardinal Turkson, in his summary of the Synodal interventions so far, also focuses on Africa's positive values; and another story about hunger on the continent.
No events scheduled for the Holy Father today.
He attended the morning session of the Synodal assembly on Africa.
P.S. 10/16/09 Photo from the 10/16/09 issue of OR. NB: The Synod Secretariat has fallen back badly this week on its promptness record during the opening week of the Synodal assembly - this week, their bulletins were consistently late. For instance, they have not yet posted the bulletin for the Thursday afternoon session, though it is now past Friday noon in Rome.
Sunday, Oct. 25
XXX Sunday in Ordinary Time
9:30, St. Peter's Basilica
Eucharistic Concelebration
Benedict XVI and the Synodal Fathers
To mark the end of the
Second Special Assembly for Africa
Vatican announces start of
doctrinal talks with FSSPX
Translated from
Oct. 15, 2009
Statement by Fr. Federico Lombardi, SJ
Vatican Press Director
On Monday morning, October 26, the first of the planned meetings with the Priestly Fraternity of St. Pius X will take place.
Participating on the part of the Ecclesia Dei Commission, besides the Secretary of the Commission, Mons. Guido Pozzo, are Mons. Luis Ladaria Ferrer, secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, and the three theologians previously named: Rev. Fr. Charles Morerod, O.P., Secretary of the International Theological Commission; Mons. Fernando Ocariz, Vicar General of the Opus Dei and consultant to the CDF; and Rev. Fr. Karl Josef Becker, S.J., also a consultant to the CDF.
The meetings will take place at the Palazzo del Sant'Uffizio (CDF headquarters). The contents of the conversations, which will be about open doctrinal questions, will remain strictly confidential.
A communique will be issued after the meeting.
The announcement from the FSSPX - English version taken from the US site of the FSSPX
Bishop Bernard Fellay has appointed as representatives of the Society of St. Pius X for the theological discussions with the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith:
Bishop Alfonso de Galarreta, rector of the Nuestra Senora Corredentora Seminary at La Reja (Argentina);
Fr. Benoit de Jorna, rector of the International Seminary of St. Pius X in Econe (Switzerland);
Fr. Jean-Michel Gleize, professor of ecclesiology at the Econe seminary,
and Fr. Patrick de La Rocque, prior of the St. Louis Priory in Nantes (France).
Bishop de Galarreta was already president of the commission — within the Society — to which the preparation of the upcoming discussions had been entrusted in April 2009.
The work will begin in the second half of the month of October. It will demand the discretion necessary to ensure serene talks about the doctrinal issues which raise difficulties.
Menzingen
Oct. 15, 2009
[Modificato da TERESA BENEDETTA 16/10/2009 13:32]