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{Thursday, June 30, 2005  }

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Cardinal Schoenborn's coat-of-arms... notice the Dominicanity
This and other cool coats-of-arms at this site

Hey! According to the Vatican Information Service, the Pope had an audience with Cardinal Schoenborn today.

This is me crossing my fingers for the unlikely event of his somehow being transferred to Rome.
posted by Lauren, 8:35 AM

5 Comments:

I wonder if Cardinal Schoenborn actually wants to move to Rome. Since the top curial position has already been filled (i.e., head of the CDF), he might actually be better off staying in Vienna: if my memory and brief reference to Wikipedia are correct, three of the last five Popes (Paul VI and John Pauls I and II) were archbishops/patriarchs of major sees and not heads of Congregations in Rome.
commented by Blogger Publius, 9:37 AM  
Publius,

Eh, probably not... but as always, it doesn't matter what *he* wants, it's what *I* want. ;) But yes you're right, at this point he's better off staying in Vienna.
commented by Blogger Lauren, 12:08 PM  
Okay, time to show my ignorance. Why, on Contemplata aliis Tradere, does the statue of St. Dominic in the photo of the blogger include what looks for all the world like a Dalmatian puppy with one paw on the globe and a paint brush dripping with red paint in his mouth?

"And everywhere that Dominic went, that puppy was sure to go..."
commented by Blogger Jeff, 12:18 PM  
Jeff,

Dominic's mother, Bld. Joan of Aza, had a dream before Dominic was born. Said dream involved a black and white dog running with a torch on its mouth and a globe. The message she received was that her child was to set the world on fire.

And indeed, "Dominicans" is a Latin pun ("Domini canes" -- lit. the hounds of the Lord).

Thus St. Dominic is often depicted with the 8-pointed star (as visible -- somewhat -- on the statue) and a dog holding a torch.
commented by Blogger Lauren, 1:58 PM  
Someone else is thinking along the same lines as you, Lauren...

"the synthesis repeats the language of the 1992 Catechism, generally using the same words.

The synthesis was published with the Latin texts of many traditional Catholic prayers -- including the Sign of the Cross, the Gloria, the Hail Mary and Come, Holy Spirit. Benedict XVI urged Catholics to memorize the prayers in Latin."

http://www.nationalcatholicreporter
.org/word/
commented by Blogger Jeff, 7:40 PM  

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