These have been particularly barren days for 'Church' news that is not the folderol and balderdash we get from the Vatican media and their saprophytes in the general media. Fr. Hunwicke's terse commentary on the pope's Christmas message to the Roman Curia last Friday is most indicative.
Bibliophiles' delight?
December 22, 2018
I doubt whether the Opera Omnia of PF will be a sell-out for generations to come, but his Christmas addresses to the Curia do deserve immortality. They don't all come up quite to the classical perfection of the address in which he explained to the Curia the 19 sins of which they were collectively guilty ... but this year's masterpiece in which his critics are likened to the late Judas Iscariot comes pretty close.
Deserves to be savoured in full. Don't miss it. A collector's item.
Father H does not provide the link, but here's one:
http://www.ncregister.com/blog/edward-pentin/pope-francis-2018-christmas-address-to-the-roman-curia
I will admit, however, that I have not had the inclination to read any of it so far. Must be pretty awful to deserve such words from Fr H. I wish to at least go through the Christmas season with less reason for ill will.
And despite all the predictable jibes from the Benedict-mockers at this now-annual event for the reigning pope and the emeritus, I am happy and thankful for the occasion. It is civilized, and although probably a gesture of noblesse oblige on the part of PF, I do not think these visits have been purely perfunctory.
Pope Francis and Benedict XVI
exchange Christmas greetings
December 21, 2018
Pope Francis visited Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI this evening to give him his Christmas greetings and exchange gifts.
Francis was received at the Pope Emeritus’s Mater Ecclesiae residence in the Vatican Gardens at 6.15pm, the Vatican said.
Since his election, Pope Francis has traditionally paid these visits to Benedict to exchange Christmas wishes.
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