Dear Lizzie,
A new Pope from
these parts – measure of success of plantings by the Spanish imperial MISSION over
seedlings of the Church of England? Falkland haunts as Vatican files secrets of
the virgin queen vs the black virgin. What Dan Brown missed now in Letters to
Lizzie on shelves
soon… as memories aroused of a day at the Vatican. Picture it. Rome. 20xx...Huddled under
an umbrella in St Peter's Square at the Vatican by the side of Father ... for a glimpse of a
Pope. Sounds familiar?... see www.kris-rampersad.blogspot.com
On the buzz lines:
The first southern pope
…It is as the world’s largest
membership organisation that the church has
its biggest role. It makes its 1.2 billion people—rich and poor, of all ages
and conditions—feel that they are part of some sort of larger world order; that
even in the poorest and most benighted country, their hopes and fears count and
that someone in authority is listening to them. For this last reason alone,
Francis is an earthquake …
http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21573563-pope-francis-inherits-mess-has-great-opportunities-he-will-need-act-quickly-first
Pope Francis: 20 things you didn't know
He's had a girlfriend, he loves the tango, and at one point
he worked as a bouncer… http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/the-pope/9931413/pope-francis-20-things-you-didnt-know.html
POPE FRANCIS AND THE DIRTY WAR
The new Pope, Francis the Humble, as he perhaps would like to
be known, is an Argentine with a cloudy past. This in itself is not an offense
but, rather, is in keeping with a religious institution that has long been
marked by secrecy. From the smoke signals with which the papal conclave makes
the fact, if not the process …http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/comment/2013/03/pope-francis-jorge-bergoglio-argentina-dirty-war.html#ixzz2NaforqhN
'I was Pope Francis's
childhood love,' claims Argentinian woman
A woman who claims she was the childhood sweetheart of Pope Francis said…
A woman who claims she was the childhood sweetheart of Pope Francis said…
Falkland Islands Catholics want new pope to visit
them
Catholics on the Falkland
Islands want the new
Argentinian pope to visit the territory, according to a Brazilian newspaper….
"We are very happy,
it is great having a new pope. In a few months it will not matter where he's
from, …says McPartland …
During the Falklands war,
McPartland negotiated with the Argentinian troops to continue giving mass in
English.
The 300-strong
congregation of St Mary's includes 29 Catholics with dual British-Argentinian
nationality.
Jorge Mario Bergoglio: First
Latin American, first Jesuit and first Pope Francis to lead the world's
Catholics
…He had told a crowd of some 100,000 people packed in rain-soaked St.
Peter's Square just after his election that he intended to pray to the Madonna
"that she may watch over all of Rome."
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/jorge-mario-bergoglio-first-latin-american-first-jesuit-and-first-pope-francis-to-lead-the-worlds-catholics-8532365.html
Who is Pope Francis?
(Vatican Radio) The man elected to be the 265th Successor of Saint
Peter in the conclave, is Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J., Archbishop of
Buenos Aires, Argentina, Ordinary for Eastern-rite faithful in Argentina who
lack an Ordinary of their own rite. He was born on 17 December 1936 in Buenos
Aires. He was ordained … http://www.news.va/en/news/who-is-pope-francis
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