Thursday, July 15, 15th Week in Ordinary Time
Two great 17th century Spanish artists, Francisco Herrera the Older, and Francisco Zurbaran, painted scenes from the life of St. Bonaventure. From left, his parents bring the child Bonaventure to be healed by St. Francis of Assisi; Bonaventure joins the Franciscan order; an angel communicates to the saint; the saint in prayer; Bonaventure at the Council of Lyons; death of the saint. The first 3 canvases by Herrera were painted in 1628; the next 3 panels by Zurbaran were painted in 1629.
ST. BONAVENTURA DA BAGNOREGIO
This great saint was, of course, the subject of Joseph Ratzinger's dissertation to obtain his Habilitation as a German university professor IN 1954. Recently, he spoke about Bonaventure during his pilgrimage last September 6 to his hometown of Bagnoregio
www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/speeches/2009/september/documents/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20090906_bagnoregio...
and in three catecheses on March 3, 10 and 17 this year
www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/audiences/2010/inde...
Readings for today's Mass:
www.usccb.org/nab/readings/071510.shtml
OR today.
The only papal story in today's issue is the late Giuseppe De Carli's Introduction to his last book, L'ultimo segreto di Fatima, translated in the post above this. Page 1 international news: Israel demolishes three Palestinian buildings in East Jerusalem built without permits; a report says India's poor number more than the poor in Africa's 26 poorest countries; the UN says 70,000 more civilians have fled their homes in the Democratic Congo's North Kivu province because of continued civil war; and in Yemen, Al Qaeda terrorists attack two police outposts, killing two and wounding nine others.
In the inside pages, hundreds of thousands of Argentinians demonstrate in Buenos Aires and other cities against a proposed law to legalize gay marriage; and an essay on the concept of 'caritas in veritate' in St. Bonaventure and the 20th century theologian Blessed Antonio Rosmini, from the annual Bonaventure lectures in Bagnoregio.
Pope approves amendments
to 2001 Motu Proprio and
its implementing norms
In four statements released today, the Vatican has made public the amendments henceforth codified into the canon law regarding the handing of crimes against the sacraments:
From the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith -
1. A letter to all Catholic Bishops and the hierarchy on modifications to the Apostolic Letter motu proprio
Sacramentorum Santitatis Tutela
2. A summary of the modifications introduced to the norms
De gravioribus delictis issued in 2001 to implement the Motu Proprio
3. The entire text of the revised
De gravioribus delictis
4. A historical background to the 2001 documents
And from the Vatican Press Office itself -
A note from Fr. Federico Lombardi, Vatican Press Office director, explaining the significance of the publication of these changes
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