Rocco Palmo

BOB!!!

29 years to the (liturgical) day since US Right’s “Man in the Arena” took up Denver’s marble Cathedra, the newest occupant of the Seat of +Machebeuf, +Vehr, +Casey, +Frank & +Charlie will actually be installed in an Arena. Live now – +Jim Golka begins: bit.ly/4daY1oN

Per Peoria statement, it’s indeed The Dome: bit.ly/4sZSjLc With +Sheen’s the first-ever beatification of a US-born bishop (the 3rd of any native cleric), the closest parallel was +John Neumann’s elevation to the step before sainthood, held in St Peter’s in June 1963.

A fascinating “fusion” choice to lead Curia’s legal arm, +Randazzo, 59 (a veteran of CDF’s disciplinary – read: abuse – section) was until now interim head of Oz’s Anglican Ordinariate, and boosted church’s care for climate refugees as chair of Oceania’s continental bench.

Moved to the “Rome of the West” given logistical need, as with Bl. Solanus Casey’s Detroit rites in 2017, +Sheen Beatification likely to be held in indoor NFL venue – The America’s Place Dome, which set US indoor crowd-record with 103,000 for JPII’s last Stateside Mass in 1999.

O Lord, my Bob... when I in awesome wonder....

Fasting is a visible sign of our inner commitment to turn away from sin and evil with the help of grace, and it must also include other forms of self-denial. Fasting should help us acquire a more sober lifestyle, since austerity alone makes the Christian life strong and authentic. #Lent

Ten years after its publication, Pope Leo XIV praises the “valuable teachings” of Amoris Laetitia, and convokes presidents of Bishops’ Conferences to Rome in October 2026 for a meeting to discuss ways to proclaim the Gospel to families today. vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2…

Elected on March 13, 2013, Pope Francis was the first pope from the Southern Hemisphere and the first non-European elected in almost 1,300 years. He was also the first Jesuit pope and the first member of a religious order elected in nearly two centuries. Today we give thanks for Pope Francis and for his years of service as the successor of Peter. Requiescat in pace, Pope Francis.

#FinalReport 📜🚺 Women’s Participation in the Life & Leadership of the Church Out Now! This report gathers the fruits of a global #synodaljourney listening to #women serving the Church..highlighting the“question of women” as a true sign of the times..📖 synod.va/en/the-synodal…

Pope Leo XIV has appointed Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia, Titular Archbishop of Sepino, as the new Apostolic Nuncio to the United States. Archbishop Caccia, 68, has served as Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations since 2019, and succeeds Cardinal Christophe Pierre, 80, who has held the post since 2016. Read the full statement at: ow.ly/bOl350Yqz8O

To quote The Boss, “Alzati, Puttan’”: bit.ly/4qMbJSk 🇻🇦🇺🇸🗝️

A role tailor-made for the new Gotham-emeritus, less than 72 hours into his retirement, Dolan accepts NYPD offer to become co-Chief Chaplain of US' largest force: bit.ly/4kzYm67

As the Winter Olympics return to Italy – the first Games split between 2 host-cities – even before the🔥 landed in Monstrance-like globes, Pope issues a Magisterial text on the virtues of sport... notably ignoring US Right's enduring fury over Paris: bit.ly/4raHZj6

"...Qui sibimus nomen imposuit, 'RONNY APPLES'" From The House that Hughes Built, Il Libretto: bit.ly/4abzNZT ... y El Livefeed: bit.ly/4bGeNvs (Hi Bob🗝️🤩🍎)

It’s been 33 years since this scribe first met Blessed Tim… half of which he’s fulfilled his destiny as the Tenth Archbishop of New York; the longest since Spelly. What a run, whatta ride… But don’t cry, everybody – he’ll now be doing more weddings than the Unification Church.

From the "Grande Mela" Desk, Se Gradles Vedesse Questo – 10 days out from +Ron's Installation Vespers, the next Gotham Arms revealed (the carpet and cushion returning to Archiepiscopal green... (For now): bit.ly/4qHSVV1

Many moons ago, looking out amid white smoke, the Mahareshi told Whispers that "I'm probably the only person who has a priest to my [wedding] anniversary dinner with my wife"... That the same cleric – Opus Dei guru John Wauck – was today's celebrant is *chef's kiss*🕯️

...and from the Southernmost Point, to Kansas, Rome, Denver and beyond, Mary, Star of the Sea, steer him Home to his Grandmother... and for us here below, as he was wont to say: “Take him for all in all, I shall not look upon his like again.” bit.ly/4qAAVvD ⭐️⚾️🇺🇸🕯️

Ever the Yankee nut, there's some Signal that this has happened now – amid a Gotham handoff... and even more, Allen's Transitus between 2 significant numbers in the Bronx Canon. Yet for John, there is no * – the record is real, and spectacular.... May we all be so lucky.

As Corriere once put it, "Mr. Allen Se Ne Va"... In a Providential collision, as John Allen went to his reward this morning in Rome, the Pope received Roger Cardinal Mahony – subject of John’s last great opus (a finished biography, shelved post-2018) – in private audience….