The Moynihan Letters

    It is a lovely day in Rome, sunny, cold but not too cold.     Tonight St. Peter's Basilica will be open at 9 p.m. for an hour of adoration.     The presence of the Lord is what this season, this Church, this basilica, this letter, is all about.     The divinity of the Lord, brings God's holiness into [...]

   “Take the Ratzinger book on the liturgy. It will be one less item to sort through when the time comes…” —My father to me, when I visited with him in late 2016 or early 2017, when he was 90. He died three years later, on March 28, 2020 at the age of 93. I took the [...]

   Not a single seat was empty this evening, Saturday, December 7, in a packed Paul VI Audience Hall inside Vatican City.     Here, composer Hans Zimmer, 67, playing the keyboard on the far left of the stage, joined by cellist Tina Guo, 39, in a red dress in the very center of the stage, and with [...]

    Composer Hans Zimmer, 67, outside of St. Peter's Square today in Rome, just as the Christmas tree in the square is being decorated. Zimmer has been involved in preparing a major concert to be held in the Vatican tomorrow, Saturday, December 7, at 5:30 p.m. — with 2,000 poor people as special guests of honor [...]

    Pope Benedict XVI. He lived from April 16, 1927 until December 31, 2022. He died at the age of 95. He was Pope from April 19, 2005, when he succeeded John Paul II, until February 28, 2013, when he resigned the papal office, then "Pope Emeritus" for about 9 years and 10 months     Letter #67, [...]

    Pope Benedict XVI. He lived from April 16, 1927 until December 31, 2022. He died at the age of 95. He was Pope from April 19, 2005, when he succeeded John Paul II, until February 28, 2013, when he resigned the papal office, then "Pope Emeritus" for about 9 years and 10 months    A funeral [...]

    The cover jacket of the newest book to have been published in the Opera Omnia ("Complete Works") of Joseph Ratzinger/Pope Benedict XVI. The book was presented to the public in Rome on November 21, 11 days ago. The cover title says Joseph Ratzinger, Opera Omnia, In Dialogo Con Il Suo Tempo ("Joseph Ratzinger, Collected Works, [...]