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Monday, Nov. 8

The facade; the baldachin over the main altar; and the Cathedra.
FEAST OF THE DEDICATION OF THE LATERAN CATHEDRAL
'Sacrosancta Lateranensis ecclesia omnium urbis et orbis ecclesiarum mater et caput'
[Most Holy Lateran Church, of all the churches in the city and the world, the mother and head.]
Dedicated to John the Baptist and John the Evangelist, the Basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano is the Cathedral church of Rome,
the seat of the Bishop of Rome. Its official name is Archibasilica Sanctissimi Salvatoris(Archbasilica of the Most Holy Saviour).
The present building was built in 1646 on the site of a 4th-century church built by Constantine. It is the oldest among the four
major basilicas of Rome, and as the seat of the Bishop of Rome, it may be considered the parish church of all the world's Catholics.*



No OR today.


THE POPE'S DAY

The Holy Father met today with

- Participants of the VI World Congress for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Refugees. Address in Italian.



The Vatican rleased the text of the Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum Coetibus regarding provisions
for Anglicans who are returning to the Church, along with complementary norms on its application from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.


*In November 2007, I put together a post with photos about the Lateran Basilica in the PRF:
freeforumzone.leonardo.it/discussione.aspx?idd=354952&p=11



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