Up went the sun at 06:03. Down it’ll go at 20:12.
The Ave Maria Bell, you ask?
For the Curia 20:30. However, the real schedule is pegged to sunset.
Today is a 1st Friday.
It is the Feast of St. Athanasius, a saint for our day. Happy Name Day Bp. Schneider.
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It was a lovely day in Rome yesterday and it should be splendid again today.
Here’s an interesting shot. First, there are visible together three decidedly Roman things: a Rione sign, a “garbage” sign, a “nasone”. And there is a guy in the background doing something.
He’s putting their new Michelin 2 star sign up. I have not eaten there.
However, I will be eating these tonight: vongole veraci. I picked them up after Mass.
This conclave didn’t have much to say about the General Congregations.
A few points I’ve heard.
- Card. Stella sharply criticized Francis for introducing lay people into Church governance, which requires Holy Orders.
- Card. Parolin – 70 yrs – had a blood pressure incident which I suspect will, along with Card. Zen’s remarks, knock him out. Also, people were not happy with a Mass he said for the Novendiales. He is said to have been campaigning. True? Meh!
- Card. Becciu won’t be voting. I wonder what he knows and is willing to say, not so much to promote a candidate as to knock him out of the running.
- Card. Sarah gave a terrific talk during one of the Congregations, as did Card. Eijk.
People are asking me about whom I believe will be chosen.
I will not rule out Card. Sarah. I believe that even the more deadly libs in the college at least recognize him as a man of deep prayer. He is 79 (second oldest Elector, I think).
I will not rule out Card. Pizzaballa. However, he is only 60. That said, his languages are excellent. He’s Italian. He is in Jerusalem and made quite a bold offer of his own person for hostages in Gaza. There’s something to the almost romantic narrative of the man from Jerusalem coming to Rome to be Pope. People I’ve talked to have divided reports about his stance on the Traditional Roman Rite. The preponderance lands in the side of being at least benign.
As far as ruling in… I don’t know. As the General Congregations go on, more information will be forthcoming even if in drips and drabs.
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