Tuesday, April 13
ST. MARTIN I (b Italy ?, d Crimea, 655), Pope and Martyr
The last of the martyr Popes, he had been the papal legate to Constantinople before he was elected Pope in 649 at a time when the Patriarch of Constantinople was more powerful than the Bishop of Rome. However, he was elected without the approval of the Byzantine court. He immediately called a Council at the Lateran to affirm orthodox Catholic teaching against the heretical Monothelites who claimed Christ only had a divine will. This angered the Byzantine emperor who had ordered that the subject not be discussed at all. He sent his soldiers to Rome to bring Martin to Constantinople, where he was jailed and subjected to all sorts of indignities. He was condemned for treason without being allowed to defend himself, then exiled to the Crimea where he spent at least two years of extreme deprivation and isolation until he died. He is remembered for having asserted the right of the Church to proclaim its doctrine in the face of imperial opposition.
Readings for today's Mass:
www.usccb.org/nab/readings/041310.shtml
OR for 4/12-4/13:
At the 'Regina caeli' prayers in Castel Gandolfo, the Pope calls on priests to make Christ familiar to everyone:
'The Church brings God's mercy to all'
He offered condolence and prayers for the tragedy that took the life of Poland's President, his wife, and dozens of Polish officials. Other Page 1 stories: Poland's national mourning; and the nuclear security summit of 46 nations called by Obama in Washington, DC, on how to keep terrorists from getting hold of nuclear weapons. In teh inside pages, Cardinal Bertone's final day in Chile after an 8-day visit.
No events scheduled for the Holy Father today.
Vatican announces members
of Medjugorje Commission
A communique from the Vatican Press Office today said:
The international commission appointed by Pope Benedict XVI to investigate alleged Marian apparitions in Medjugorje held its first meeting on March 26.
The commission, presided over by Cardinal Camillo Ruini, Emeritus Vicar of the Holy Father for the Diocese of Rome, has the folowing members:
- Cardinal Jozef Tomko, prefect emeritus of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
- Cardinal Vinko Puljic, Archbishop of Vrhbosna, and president of the Bishops' Conference of Bosnia-Herzegovina
- Cardinal Josip Bozanic, Archbishop of Zagreb and vice-president of the Council of European Bishops' Conferences
Cardinal Julian Herranz, president emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
- Archbishop Angelo Amato, prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.
- Msgr. Tony Anatrella, psychoanalyst and specialist in Social Psychiatry
- Msgr. Pierangelo Sequeri, professor of Fundamental Theology at the Theological Faculty of Northern Italy
- Fr. David Maria Jaeger, O.F.M., consultant to the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
- Fr. Zdzislaw Jozef Kijas, O.F.M. Conv., relator of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
- Fr. Salvatore M. Perrella, O.S.M., teacher of Mariology at the Pontifical Marianum Faculty of Theology
- Franjo Topic, professor of Fundamental Theology in Sarajevo
- Fr. Mijo Nikic, S.J., professor of Psychology and Psychology of Religion at the Philosophical and Theological Institute of the Society of Jesus in Zagreb
- Fr. Mihaly Szentmartoni, S.J., professor of Spirituality at the Pontifical Gregorian University and
- Sr. Veronica Nela Gaspar, professor of Theology at Rijeka.
Fr. Achim Schutz, professor of Theological Anthropology at the Pontifical Lateran University, who will serve as secretary of the Commission, assisted by secretary. Msgr. Krzysztof Nykiel, an officer of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
As previously annou7nced, the work of the Commission will take place in strict privacy. Its findings and conclusions will be submitted to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
NB: Absent from the Comission is Mons Ratko Peric, Bishop of Mostar, the diocese where Medjugorje is located.
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