Argentine Cardinal Bergoglio elected Pope Francis : News Headlines - Catholic Culture

The following excerpts are from Catholic Cultures "Catholic World News":

• Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, Argentina has been elected Pope.
• The new Pontiff, who chose the name Pope Francis, is the first Latin American ever to become Roman Pontiff, and the first Jesuit.
• The Argentine cardinal was elected on the 5th ballot of the conclave, and white smoke appeared from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel just after 2 pm on Wednesday, March 13. More than an hour lapsed before Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, the senior cardinal-deacon, appeared on the central balcony of St. Peter’s basilica to make the traditional announcement: “Habemus papam!”
• After another long pause the new Pope appeared, acknowledging the loud applause from more than 200,000 people packed into St. Peter’s Square. In his first remarks he led the crowd in prayers for Pope-emeritus Benedict XVI, then asked for prayers for himself before giving his Urbi et Orbi blessing.

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Back Online

Due to circumstances that were beyond my control, I have not been online for the last 5 days as my internet access took an apparent vacation. 

I will once again resume my regular postings of the Daily Mass Readings, Saint Quote of the Day, and the news from the Vatican Information Service on the Pope Benedict XVI blog.

I apologize for any inconvenience to my regular readers.

Wake Up The Irish In You...Then Get Ready For Easter...

With Mystic Monk Coffee!!

Those clever monks at Mystic Monk Coffee have done it yet again!

Just in time for Saint Patrick's Day and then for Easter, they have some great gift sets as well as special coffees just for Saint Patrick's Day and Easter!

For Saint Patrick's Day they have 2 gift sets (one is wrapped, the other unwrapped) that feature a new green St. Patrick's Day Mug (16 oz. ceramic, handwash only), Irish Cream Coffee (whole bean regular, ground regular, ground decaf), and Mint Chocolate Covered Caramels. Each item may be ordered individually if you prefer. You can order the St. Patrick's Day items by clicking here.

For Easter, there are a lot more gift sets to choose from, and they include tea gift sets, as well as the coffee gift sets (wrapped and unwrapped available for both). Some of the gift sets also include Candied Almonds, Easter Mugs (12 oz.), Pascha Java (whole bean regular, ground regular, ground decaf), Easter Sunrise Blend Coffee (whole bean regular, ground regular), Aurora Blend White Tea, and Mystic Monk Blend Tea.

Be sure to get yours before they're gone!