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On 15 December 1744, Benedict XIV blessed the baroque chapel (Chapel of St. John the Baptist) in Sant'Antonio dei Portoghesi in Rome, which featured mosaics on the sides, floor, and wall behind the altar made of semi-precious stones. The chapel, which had been commissioned by King John V of Portugal in 1740, was designed by Nicola Salvi and ...
14 December 1742 9. Quemadmodum Preces: Clarification that the Prayers for Sovereigns in the Mass are instituted by the Church and cannot be decreed by Sovereigns or the State. [8] 23 March 1743 10. Inter Omnigenas: On Christian Life in Ottoman Serbia [9] 2 February 1744 11. Cum Semper Oblatas: On the offering of Masses [10] 19 August 1744 12 ...
The canonical hours of the Breviary owe their remote origin to the Old Covenant when God commanded the Aaronic priests to offer morning and evening sacrifices. Other inspiration may have come from David's words in the Psalms "Seven times a day I praise you" (Ps. 119:164), as well as, "the just man meditates on the law day and night" (Ps. 1:2).
Musicae Sacrae (On Sacred Music) is a 1955 encyclical by Pope Pius XII dealing with Catholic liturgical music. It updated the 1903 motu proprio Inter pastoralis officii sollicitudines , and was furtherly amended by the instruction Musicam sacram in 1967.
Pope Benedict may be retreating into a life of prayer, but the first pontiff to retire since the Middle Ages will -- physically at least -- remain at the very heart of the Vatican.
Pope Benedict XVI – in a General Audience. A particularly solemn form of imparting the apostolic blessing is as an Urbi et Orbi blessing. The pope gives his blessing in many ways. He may use, with or without the introductory liturgical greeting, Dominus vobiscum, the formula of pontifical blessing that any other bishop may use.
Updated July 14, 2016 at 5:48 PM Even salvation! Pope Benedict has announced that his faithful can once again pay the Catholic Church to ease their way through Purgatory and into the Gates of Heaven.
It is a meditation on the figure of Joseph that Benedict delivered on Dec. 22, 2013, just a few months after he became the first pope in 600 years to resign. Benedict died on Dec. 31, 2022, at the ...