Saucy Pope Wears Leo XIII’s Stole In Westminster Abbey
Pope Benedict and the Talking Stole
Rorate Coeli has a beautiful detail that will make you smile; very fitting for a Monday.
When in Westminster Abbey for the Evensong (about which I have written here), Pope Benedict wore a stole made for Pope Leo XIII.
Now, Pope Benedict is profound and intelligent enough not to wear a stole from a Pope who has been dead these more than 100 years simply because he likes the look of it. No, this stole was certainly a willed, conscious, tribute to a particular Pope in a particular circumstance.
Leo XIII is, as I have repeatedly stated on this blog, the Pope of Apostolicae Curae (please see link under “Church Teaching”). With Apostolicae Curae, Pope Leo XIII has not (importantly) decreed, but he has repeated the nullity of Anglican orders.
What a pleasant, saucy old German Pastor we have ; )
Mundabor
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Posted on September 20, 2010, in Catholicism and tagged Anglicanism, Apostolicae Curae, Catholicism, conservative catholicism, Nullity of Anglican Orders, Pope Benedict, Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Leo XIII, Westminster Abbey. Bookmark the permalink. Comments Off on Saucy Pope Wears Leo XIII’s Stole In Westminster Abbey.
