Daily Archives: March 23, 2013

Whispers in the Loggia: “We Are Brothers”: Two Popes, Together

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Whispers in the Loggia: “We Are Brothers”: Two Popes, Together.

We Are Brothers”: Two Popes, Together

…and here it is: in a moment without precedent in the 2,000-year annals of the Roman church, two Popes together in life.

Ten days after Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio’s election as the 266th pontiff, the three-hour meeting between Pope Francis andPope-emeritus Benedict XVI  at Castel Gandolfo included lunch and a 45-minute private discussion.

According to a briefing from the lead Vatican spokesman, Jesuit Fr Federico Lombardi, when the duo entered the villa’s chapel for a moment of prayer, Benedict emphatically motioned at Francis to take the single armchair and pre-dieu reserved for the Pope.

Instead, the pontiff told his predecessor, “No – we are brothers,” gesturing for them to kneel side by side in the same pew, which they did.

Sunday Snippets–A Catholic Carnival

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It’s time once again for Sunday Snippets. We are Catholic bloggers sharing weekly our best posts with one another.  Join us to read and contribute if you like. To participate, go to your blog and create a post titled Sunday Snippets–A Catholic Carnival. Make sure that the post links back to here, and leave a link to your  snippets post on our host, RAnn’s, site, This, That and the Other Thing.

“Benedict XVI taught with stark clarity for eight years, Papa Franceso,  Il Poverello, is about to translate into prophetic thunder” Thomas J. Neal, Ph.D.