In the thick of the solemn majesty, three coffins steal the moment during a given papal burial rites. Mother church during papal burial performs what is termed as the "The Ritual of Three Coffins". For non-Catholics, it is too mysterious a tradition, and for some Catholics, the process is yet to be understood. Here's just a little trip with you into one of the rich traditions of the Church this Catechetical Season shedding light on the ritual surrounding a papal burial. After the death of a Pope is confirmed by the Papal Chamberlain , (the one in charge after the Pope’s death), several rituals take place before and after the burial of the Pope. Usually, the Pope’s actual internment takes place between the fourth and sixth day after his death. This begins a nine-day period of mourning. The burial follows a funeral Mass, presided over by the Dean of the College of Cardinals. When it comes to the actual burial, the pope is entombed in three different coffins, a ri
When he was a cardinal, Pope Benedict said Freemasonry is the greatest danger to the Church The conversation happened 'a few years before he became pope.' D r. Robert Moynihan, the editor-in-chief of the Catholic journal Inside the Vatican , revealed on April 23 that he once had a conversation with then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (who later became Pope Benedict XVI) about the “greatest danger to the Church,” and he recounts that Ratzinger said: “It is Freemasonry.” These words have a special importance in light of Pope Benedict's recent words about the “world-wide dictatorship of seemingly humanistic ideologies” that are fostering a “fear of the spiritual power of the Anti-Christ.” Let us first consider here Moynihan's own full report on that memorable conversation. “I recall a conversation that I had with then Cardinal Ratzinger a few years before he became pope,” Moynihan writes on his website. “We were in his apartment, not far from St.
ADAM BONAA- SECURITY ANALYST In an interaction on TV3’s key points on Saturday, September 21 2019, security and safety expert Adam Bonaa has indicated that Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo - Danquah is undeniably the best person to be the director general of police. In his submission, he questioned the intensified calls for the resignation of Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo - Danquah , the Director-General, Criminal Investigations Department by a section of the public following her " categorical statement" on the whereabouts of the Takoradi kidnapped girls as to whether there is anyone in a better position to man the affairs of the police service. “Do you know anyone better than her who can do the job?”, he reiterated and further challenged anyone to speak to facts if there is any. Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo - Danquah has over the past days come under severe criticism following her conduct in the missing Takorad girls' saga which many have described as
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