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JANUARY 11, 2013
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Face opposition with courage, calm, pope tells bishops CAROL GLATZ CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
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Our Lady of Fatima administrator Father Vito Perrone celebrates the Eucharist Jan. 6, the Epiphany of the Lord, with Father Kevin Kennedy at the Byzantine Catholic parish in San Francisco. From left, Father Kennedy, Deacon Kyril Pagacz, Father Perrone.
‘Nearness to God’: Byzantine Catholics bring Eastern spirituality to archdiocese A tiny jewel of Byzantine Catholicism is helping the Catholic Church “breathe with both lungs of the church,” as urged by Blessed John Paul II – right here in San Francisco. With a new home in a more visible location – and ample free parking – parishioners of the Easternrite Catholic church of Our Lady of Fatima are hoping to welcome more fellow Catholics to their liturgies, now in the transformed convent chapel at St. Monica Parish on Geary Boulevard. “It’s been under the radar until we moved here in May. No one knew about this place,” said Our Lady of Fatima administrator Father Vito Perrone. Roman Catholics may attend the 10 a.m. Divine Liturgy of the Russian Byzantine Catholic parish on Sundays and fulfill their Sunday obligation to attend Mass. Those who attend say they find the liturgy formal and yet intimate, and communal.
Emphasizing the Holy Trinity
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“The whole thing is, you’re constantly hearing over and over the greatness and nearness of God,” said Jacques Arceneaux, 34, who joined the parish eight months ago. Byzantine Catholic spirituality also heavily emphasizes the role of the Holy Trinity, beginning each Divine Liturgy with a prayer to the Trinity, Father Perrone said. The Byzantine Catholic rite at Our Lady of Fatima is also known as Russian Greek Catholic. “To me it’s tender,” Arceneaux said, adding it’s “communal” because the Divine Liturgy is always chanted, requiring a choir composed of members of the congregation to respond to the celebrant as well as specific other responses by the people. Following the Sunday liturgy, the congregation meets in a lower room for a potluck meal called the “agape meal,” a decades-old tradition. Eastern churches are equal in standing to the Western, Latin-rite church within the Catholic
SALTILLO, Mexico – Although church-state relations have thawed in the past 25 years, Saltillo Bishop Raul Vera Lopez said he remains dissatisfied with government restrictions on religion. “The Religious Associations Law continues leaving us being as controlled as we were previously,” Bishop Vera told Catholic News Service in early January, as he celebrated 25 years of being a
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VATICAN CITY – In their task of leading people to the light of Christ, bishops must have the courage to face opposition and peacefully stand firm in the truth, Pope Benedict XVI said. Meeting the approval of the wider public “is not the criterion to which we submit. Our criterion is the Lord himself,” the pope said Jan. 6 as he celebrated the feast of the Epiphany of the Lord with a Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica. “The fear of God frees us from the fear of men. It liberates,” he said. During the three-hour ceremony, the pope also ordained four new archbishops, including his longtime secretary, Archbishop Georg Ganswein, 56, who became prefect of the papal household, a job that involves organizing the pope’s daily round of audiences and meetings. The four men swore their fidelity to the Gospel and to the church and laid prostrate on an ornate rug on the floor of St. Peter’s Basilica as the Litany of Saints was chanted. Then they knelt before Pope Benedict, who laid his hands on their heads and ordained them bishops. He anointed their heads with chrism, gave them the book of the Gospels, slipped a ring on their fingers and gave each a miter and pastoral staff.
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