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- on ROME 25/5– Day 34: Heat death of the universe: “Oh my! 10**78 years! I guess we need to drop our concerns with everything else and save the universe! :-)…”
- on ROME 25/5– Day 34: Heat death of the universe: ““the heat death and total stillness of the known cosmos is now projected to happen in 10*78 years rather than…”
- on ROME 25/5– Day 33: languid: ““What does a “lunatic catholic “New Red Guard” do when their reason to exist has gone ? Form another Protest…”
- on ROME 25/5– Day 34: Heat death of the universe: “If, after indulging in scandalous behavior, I were to go to Confession and neither acknowledge that I did much wrong…”
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- on ROME 25/5– Day 34: Heat death of the universe: “Question? Ia there any definitive Church teaching on whether the End of Days covers the whole universe or just our…”
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- on ROME 25/5– Day 34: Heat death of the universe: “a website had a blurb “MLB lifts lifetime ban”. seems to me like death took care of that.”
- on ROME 25/5– Day 34: Heat death of the universe: “I think including Jackson and Rose is a mistake, but then I’m not a fan of the tremendous amount of…”
- on ROME 25/5– Day 34: Heat death of the universe: “Shoeless Joe, the greatest White Sox hitter, finally gets mercy just days after a White Sox fan becomes Supreme Pontiff.”
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Daily Archives: 8 May 2025
Card. Burke on Leo XIV
Please join me in thanking Our Lord for the election of Pope Leo XIV, Successor of Saint Peter, as the Shepherd of the Church throughout the world. The Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe at La Crosse has a particularly … Read More
Another Romanaccio sonnet about “The New Pope” by G.G. Belli (1832)
The 19th c. poet Giuseppe Gioachino Belli… Er Belli. He wrote satirical sonnets in the Roman dialect about life in Rome and took deadly aim at Rome’s priests, religious, prelates and popes. The speakers in the poems are shop keepers and … Read More
Leo XIV’s first public words
Pope Leo XIV greeted the city of Rome and the world with these words at his first appearance as the Successor of Peter from the Central Loggia of St Peter’s Basilica: Pope Leo XIV: Greetings to Rome and to the … Read More
ASK FATHER: What if the cardinals chose a man who is not in the conclave?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: What if the cardinals chose a man who is not in the conclave? They can chose a baptized male, right? It’s unlikely that they would go outside the Cardinals in the conclave, even for an older … Read More
A Sonnet “The Election of the Pope” in Roman dialect by G.G. Belli
We are privileged again to have another sonnet from the 19th c. poet Giuseppe Gioachino Belli… Er Belli. He wrote seriously funny sonnets in the Roman dialect about life in Rome and aimed deadly satire at Rome’s clerics, religious, prelates and … Read More
“…qui sibi nomen imposuit [NAME]”? Nominative? Accusative? Genitive?
From a priest… QUAERITUR: I’m sure Rome is exciting this week more than Easter Week. I noticed something peculiar watching old Habemus Papam videos. Following the sibi nomen imposuit, ir seems the name has traditionally been given first in the … Read More
Conclave watch… WATCH: Readers… get involved! (UPDATE: NEW POPE watch WATCH!…)
UPDATE: Well that was fast! Let’s keep going. Originally Published on: May 8, 2025 at 06:36 Collectively we can do some looking around. If you are watching online or by TV any coverage of the conclave, or the chimney, what service … Read More
DURING A CONCLAVE! 8 May – Indulgence for the Supplication to Our Lady of Pompeii (twice a year)
This year the 8 May Supplica to Our Lady of Pompeii has fallen during the FIRST FULL DAY OF A CONCLAVE. It is often recited at 1200 Noon. Perhaps you would say it for a good result from the Conclave. … Read More
Catholic school staged an educational monk Conclave
I’ve been sitting on these for a couple of days but this is a good time to post them. A priest reader here sent photos and links to video of the St. Lawrence parish school’s “conclave”. Father wrote: Fr. Hollowell … Read More
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