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2012 Letter #10, Zaleski’s Choice
May 10, 2012 — Zaleski’s Choice “The Church (in Poland) didn’t want to hurt the Pope (John Paul II), but actually, more harm was done by keeping silent.” —Father Tadeusz Isakowicz-Zaleski, 55, a Polish Roman Catholic and Armenian Catholic priest, author and activist. Born in 1956, in Cracow, Poland, Isakowicz-Zaleski was an activist of the [...]
2012 Letter #9: “Pro Multis”
May 3, 2012 — “Pro Multis” “Qui pro vobis et pro multis effundetur.” —The words of the consecration of the wine in the Mass, meaning literally “(my blood) which is poured out for you and for many” “But when He added pro multis He wanted that there be understood the rest of those chosen (electos) [...]
2012 Letter #8: 7th Anniversary of Benedict’s Election
April 19, 2012 — 7th Anniversary of the Election of Pope Benedict XVI If anyone would feel moved to support the development of this site, and the associated Inside the Vatican site, www.insidethevatican.com (new site under development, to be launched this summer), please feel free to become one our supporters. The new site will offer [...]
2012 Letter #7: Rome on Easter Sunday
Easter Sunday, April 8, 2012 “Christ Is Risen, As He Said” Rome was grey and cool this morning, but the sun broke out just before the consecration at Pope Benedict’s Easter Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square, bathing the square in light, and heat. In fact, one of the two con-celebrants with the Pope, Cardinal [...]
2012 Letter #6: Norcia on Thursday of Holy Week
Thursday, April 5, 2012 “It is not for man to seek, or even to believe in God. He has only to refuse to believe in everything that is not God. This refusal does not presuppose belief. It is enough to recognize, what is obvious to any mind, that all the goods of this world, past, [...]
2012 Letter #5: Assisi on Wednesday of Holy Week
Wednesday, April 4, 2012 “A science which does not bring us nearer to God is worthless.” —Simone Weil, the great French Jewish mystic who died in 1943 at the age of 34 “The (Roman) emperor (Hadrian) said to Rabbi Joshua b. Hananiah, “I desire greatly to see thy God.” Joshua requested him to stand facing [...]
