Thursday, Oct. 29
ST. NARCISSUS OF JERUSALEM (c. 99-216), Bishop
30th bishop of Jerusalem, named when he was 80.
In 195, presided at a Council which decreed
that Easter should be celebrated on a Sunday and
not with the Jewish Passover. During one Easter
Vigil, he changed water to oil for the church lamps.
He died at age 115-116 while praying on his knees.
OR today.
Illustration: Cistercian monks listening to Bernard of Clairvaux. 16th-cent. folio, Musee Conde-Chantilly.
At the General Audience, the Pope speaks of monastic theology and scholastic theology:
'A natural friendship between faith and reason'
Other Page 1 stories: An editorial against Hans Kueng's Oct. 28 essay in
The Guardian and
La Repubblica attacking Benedict XVI for his opening towards the Anglicans
[translation posted on this page yesterday, four posts above, with the Kueng article]; a teaser about an inside-page lecture about Cardinal Newman; and terrorist massacre in Pakistan as Hillary Clinton arrives on an official visit.
THE POPE'S DAY
The Holy Father met today with
- H.E. Ali Akbar Naseri, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran, who presented his credentials. Address in French.
- Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
- Participants in the plenary session of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications. Address in Italian.
The Pope named members of the Administrative Council of the Holy See Agency for the Evaluation and Promotion
of the Quality of Ecclesiastical Universities and Faculties (AVEPRO, from its Italian acronym).
[Modificato da TERESA BENEDETTA 29/10/2009 13:20]