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The Central Office of the Vatican Post after the Gate of St. Anna. The use of stamps was introduced in the Vatican in 1852. [1] Poste Vaticane was created in 1929 following the Lateran Treaty. [1] It started operations on 1 August 1929 [2] (or February 1929). Its yellow mail boxes became iconic in the landscape of the papal city. [1]
In the aftermath of World War II, religious existence came under fire from communist governments in Eastern Europe and China. [1] Although some priests have since been exposed as collaborators, [2] [3] both the Church's official resistance and the leadership of Pope John Paul II are credited with helping to bring about the downfall of communist governments across Europe in 1991.
Two days later, the Vatican post office began operating with supplies and equipment donated by the Italian government. Vatican City became a member of the Universal Postal Union on 1 June, [1] and then on 29 July Vatican City and Italy signed a postal agreement, going into effect on 1 August, providing for the routing of its mail through Rome. [2]
The Vatican's post office was established on 11 February 1929. A postal system (Poste Vaticane) was created on 13 February 1929. On 1 August, the state started to release its own postal stamps, under the authority of the Philatelic and Numismatic Office of the Vatican City State. [151]
Post-Vatican II Mass may refer to: Preconciliar rites after the Second Vatican Council; Mass of Paul VI; Zaire Use This page was last edited on 23 ...
As a cardinal, Joseph Ratzinger was regarded as having a particular interest in the liturgy, and as being favourable towards the pre-Vatican II Mass. [99] Before his election he celebrated it on number of occasions. [100] He criticized the erratic way in which, contrary to official policy, many priests celebrated the post-Vatican II form. [101]
July 7, 2007: With his motu proprio Summorum Pontificum Pope Benedict XVI explicitly allows all priests of the Latin Church to use the 1962 Roman Missal when celebrating Mass privately and, under certain conditions, publicly instead of the post-Vatican II Mass, and expressed the wish that this measure would lead to healing the division between ...
(At Vatican I a century earlier there were 737 Council Fathers, mostly from Europe [31]). At Vatican II, some 250 bishops were native-born Asians and Africans, whereas at Vatican I, there were none at all. General Congregations (§3, 20, 33, 38–39, 52–63). The Council Fathers met in daily sittings – known as General Congregations – to ...