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Tuesday, December 22

BLESSED JACOPONE DA TODI (Italy, ca. 1236-1306)
Widower, Franciscan, Reformer, Poet
Born to wealth in the Umbrian city of Todi, Giacomo (James) became a successful lawyer
whose wife did penance for his worldly excesses. After losing her in an accident, he had
a change of heart, gave away his wealth, joined the lay Franciscans, and preached penance
to everyone. People took to call him Jacopone ('Crazy Jim') because he dressed in rags,
but he kept the name. After 10 years, he decided to join the Franciscan friar order
itself, being accepted in 1578 after initial rejection, although he declined to be ordained
as a priest. Besides preaching penitence and fighting corruption by both Church and State
leaders, he also wrote many poems as well as hymns in the vernacular. The Stabat Mater
has been attributed to him. As the 14th century came along, Jacopone found himself a leader
of the so-called Spiritualist movement within the Franciscan order, which advocated a return
to St. Francis's strict lifestyle. In 1298, he was excommunicated, exiled and imprisoned
when a new Pope, Boniface VIII, opposed their cause. He was freed in 1303 after Boniface
died. He lived three more years, and was venerated as a saint from the day he died. Dante
mentions him in The Divine Comedy.




OR for 12/21-12/22/09:

In his annual address to the Roman Curia, Benedict XVI reiterates that
every commitment to peace must start with reconciliation and advocates
'The Church as a space for dialog and prayer for everyone'

The double issue also carries the Pope's Angelus messages last Sunday. Other Page 1 news: Lebanese President visits Syria
for historic start of dialog between the two countries; a UN-Arab League report says 40 percent (140 million) of people
in the Arab countries live under the poverty level.



No events scheduled for the Pope today.


The Vatican announced that the Holy Father has named two new members of the Congregation
for the Causes of Saints:
- Mons. Edmond Farhat, Titular Archbishop of Byblos and Apostolic Nuncio, and
- Mons. Raffaello Martinelli, Bishop of Frascati.

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