Thus, as the gods creep on with feet of wool, Long ere with iron hands they punish men, So shall our sleeping vengeance now arise, And smite with death thy hated enterprise.-- Lord Cardinals of France and Padua, Go forthwith to our holy consistory, And read, amongst the statutes decretal, What, by the holy council held at Trent, The sacred synod hath decreed for him That doth assume the Papal government Without election and a true consent: Away, and bring us word with speed.
Welcome, grave fathers: answer presently What hath our holy council there decreed Concerning Bruno and the Emperor, In quittance of their late conspiracy Against our state and papal dignity?
When that portentous system of abuses, the
Papal dominion, was overturned, a great variety of religious sects arose in its stead in the several countries, which for many centuries before had been screwed beneath its subjection.
An Empress wrote to her, with her own hand, as 'Ma chere cousine.' At a lever-du-roi one morning (do you know what a lever-du-roi was?)--a Cardinal, a
Papal legate, offered to put on her stockings; a high and holy person like that looked on it as an honour!
His friend talked for a moment about the superb portrait of Innocent X by Velasquez which hangs in one of the cabinets of the palace, and then said, "And in the same cabinet, by the way, I had the pleasure of contemplating a picture of a different kind-- that pretty American girl whom you pointed out to me last week." In answer to Winterbourne's inquiries, his friend narrated that the pretty American girl--prettier than ever--was seated with a companion in the secluded nook in which the great
papal portrait was enshrined.
Nine years before
Papal Visit 1995, the EDSA event captured the world's attention, Popularly known as the People Power Revolution, it was a peculiarly Filipino uprising where guns and tanks were muted by prayers and good will.
13-15 trip to their country banking on the politicians' promise that presidential elections scheduled five days ahead of the
papal visit would be free of violence.
In 1909, the pearl vestment and two gold crowns which had been
papal gifts were stolen from the icon.
There were yet other peculiarities about this
papal election.
The one by Jasper (3-133) treats the known collections of
papal letters from Siricius to Stephen V and charts the reception of those letters in canonical collections down to Gratian.
Others, however, responded that Francis' actions reflect a man who has garnered a reputation as the pope of the people, seeking to institute a more humble approach to the way in which Catholics engage the
papal office.
ISABELA PROVINCIAL CAPITOL, Ilagan City, Isabela - Collaboration between the Catholic Church and local governments can do a lot of good for the people, the
Papal Nuncio to the Philippines has said.
Summary: They attended their first
papal mass in 1986.
