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And Milton Berle thought he had it hard with Archbishop Sheen...
This won't happen because honestly hardly anyone in Italy would watch it. EWTN airs in a lot of countries and the Pope is on frequently and they don't get many viewers at all.
I'd watch, just to hear Benedict's ideas. Altho now I'm starting to think of Monty Python, and "NOOOOOOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition!" as Papa was head of it previously. There's no hope, folks, break out the cushions and comfy chairs.
So Thomas, since you are American Papist extraordinare .... will you let us know if this will be available on line? (for those of us to cheap to have cable)...
Pope Benedict was head of the Spanish Inquisition? What?
Panda, you're making my head hurt.
Remember how reliable the italian tabloids were a few years back during the papal election? ... I doubt there's much more to this story than a slow news cycle.
To Panda Rosa & Thomas - Not sure if u were jok'n re Papa BXVI & the Span Inq but the CDF's old name was the Holy Inquisition... I kinda like it.
AM, true but the Spanish Inquisition was operated by the Spanish government, not the holy office.
Sorry, got confused over the names. Everybody was saying how evil Cardinal Ratzinger looked when he was elected, and how he'd headed the Inquisition, so of course my first thought was... poke poke poke...you sure you got all the wadding up at one end?
AP- I was trying to clarify PR's mistaken comment re Papa BXVI being the former head of the "Spanish" Inq. In fact he was the former head of what used to be called ... The "HOLY" Inq now known as CDF
Trip to Australia seems to be creating waves in terms of cost as well as travel time?
Vocations on the rise? Have not heard any statistics as of late.
Plight of Latin Mass seems to rely entirely on the Ordinary of each Diocese?Too bad many bishopes have not bought into the Pope's desire for variations in the Liturgy.
Wow, Pope Benedict as the next Archbishop Sheen! God bless him! Padre Steve
"Too bad many bishopes have not bought into the Pope's desire for variations in the Liturgy."
The world moves in seconds, minutes and days.
The Church moves in years, decades and centuries.
Not for nothing, something like 20% of the episcopate in the US has come of retirement age since B16 ascendency in 2005. If today's seminarians are the "John-paul-2-kids" tomorrow's bishops will be "Benedict's boys". He is a remarkably healthy 81, 3 years in with a reasonable and realistic chance of more years of his papacy ahead of him than behind him...
I haven't seen exact numbers, but just for speculation's sake, in the course of a 7 year period (starting in April 2005) is it reasonable and realistic to believe or suspect that 40% of the bishops serving in 2005 will be retiring? I bet if we ran the numbers that is very possible... So far looking at what the appointments have been... Well I expect the next ten years to be VERY interesting with what will be going on among the men already appointed, and the men who will be appointed.
Everyone get back to me in 2018 for a look back at this discussion - if we can gather at a watering hole, the first round will be on me.
Yes!!!
If anyone can use some catechesis direct from the Pope, its the Italians. (If true) it would show his pastoral love for the Romans. Good idea.
Italian people might not be interested in EWTN, but they're obviously interested in listening to B16's homilies and buying his books. So it's not all that farfetched.
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