Pope Leo XIV, during his first Regina Coeli, on the Good Shepherd Sunday and the day of prayer for vocations, tells young people: “Do not be afraid” to accept the proposal from the Church!
And days after the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe, Pope Leo XIV repeats, “No more war!” He called for an authentic, true and lasting peace in Ukraine, an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and for humanitarian aid to be allowed in and all Israeli hostages freed.
“I chose to take the name Leo XIV. There are different reasons for this, but mainly because Pope Leo XIII in his historic Encyclical Rerum Novarum addressed the social question in the context of the first great industrial revolution. In our own day, the Church offers to everyone the treasury of her social teaching in response to another industrial revolution and to developments in the field of artificial intelligence that pose new challenges for the defense of human dignity, justice and labour…” (Address to Cardinals, May 10, 2025)
Today, the cardinals elected the 267th successor to St. Peter, Robert Francis Cardinal Prevost, OSA. He is the second American to be elected to the throne of St Peter following Francis. He is the first Roman Pontiff from the United States of America.
The Eastern Catholic patriarchs sing the Panikhida prayers at Pope Francis’s funeral. The heads of the Eastern Catholic Churches were also present at Pope Benedict’s, St John Paul II’s and St John XXIII’s funeral.
The presence of Eastern Christianity –Catholic and Orthodox– demonstrates eloquently the universality and diversity of the Universal Church, a church breathing with both lungs.
The youngest cardinals at the Funeral of Pope Francis:
Left is Cardinal Américo Aguiar, Portugal, 51; Cardinal Mykola Bychok CSsR, Melbourne, 45; on the right is Cardinal Giorgio Marengo, IMC, Mongolia, 50.
Cardinal Mykola Bychok is the Eparch of the Ukrainian eparchy, Melbourne, Australia.
Photo courtesy of Cardinal Mykola Bychok.
The Pentecostarion lasts 8 weeks from Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord to the First Sunday after the Pentecost or Sunday of All Saints.
Statement of Kevin Cardinal Farrell, Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church on the death of Pope Francis:
“Dearest brothers and sisters, with deep sorrow I must announce the death of our Holy Father Francis. At 7:35 this morning, the Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the house of the Father. His entire life was dedicated to the service of the Lord and of His Church. He taught us to live the values of the Gospel with fidelity, courage, and universal love, especially in favor of the poorest and most marginalized. With immense gratitude for his example as a true disciple of the Lord Jesus, we commend the soul of Pope Francis to the infinite merciful love of the One and Triune God.”
In paradisum deducant te Angeli; in tuo adventu suscipiant te martyres, et perducant te in civitatem sanctam Jerusalem. Chorus angelorum te suscipiat, et cum Lazaro quondam paupere æternam habeas requiem.
Adrian Walter Lodynsky fell asleep in the Lord on Thursday, April 17, 2025.
He was born on May 16, 1957 to Vlodko (Walter) and Nadia Lodynsky.
Adrian was christened at St Michael’s where he spent his life.
Halia, his wife of many years survives Adrian.
The arrangements are noted here.
In Christian charity please remember Adrian and his family in prayer.
May Adrian’s memory be eternal.
