VATICAN CITY - In a surprise announcement this morning, the Director of the Vatican Press office, Gregory Burke, announced that Pope Francis will celebrate a Pontifical Mass in St. Peter's Basilica on Divine Mercy Sunday morning. It will be in reparation for his deep regret for meeting with Eugenio Scalfari of La Repubblica and confusing the faithful about the existence of Hell. The Holy Father has repented and affirms the Truth of the Catholic Faith.
The Pope will enter St. Peter's Basilica carried on the sede gestatoria not used since the short pontificate of Pope John Paul I, suspected of being murdered by the wolves Pope Benedict XVI warned about. As for papal vesture, Monsignor Guido Marini verified that "the Pope will be properly dressed." This will include the fanon, buskins and gloves as shown in this photo of Pope Paul VI. In fact, he will wear these exact vestments as shown including the mitre as these were used by Pope Paul VI the last Pontiff to celebrate the most solemn and ancient liturgy of the Latin Rite in St. Peter's Basilica.
It was also announced that the papal court has been reconstituted today in the Motu Proprio "Quis ego sum iudex nimis?"(click on link) by Pope Francis and the procession will include the ostrich feathered flabellum not seen in over a half-century. In an effort to dissuade fears amongst PETLNFB -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Large Non Flying Birds, Burke said that in "harmony with the encyclical on the environment, Laudato si, no ostriches were harmed in the accumulation of feathers." Burke could not cinform if the Holy Father would wear the Papal Tiera.
It was also announced that the papal court has been reconstituted today in the Motu Proprio "Quis ego sum iudex nimis?"(click on link) by Pope Francis and the procession will include the ostrich feathered flabellum not seen in over a half-century. In an effort to dissuade fears amongst PETLNFB -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Large Non Flying Birds, Burke said that in "harmony with the encyclical on the environment, Laudato si, no ostriches were harmed in the accumulation of feathers." Burke could not cinform if the Holy Father would wear the Papal Tiera.
Father Tom Rosica, CSB integral to this development
It was also announced that Father Thomas J. Rosica, CSB, of Salt + Light Television, Canada's Catholic Channel of Hope will be handling the worldwide broadcast.Sources indicate that ever since Father Rosica's interview with Bishop Bernard Fellay, SSPX, he has been secretly studying the traditional rites and has been consulting with experts at the Toronto Traditional Mass Society on the finer points of the liturgy. Father Rosica is studiously preparing to celebrate the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite and the Ego Sum Vox Cantoris Schola Cantorum is expected to provide the Gregorian chant together with Capella Sistina.
Countering speculation that this story is too far-fetched to be true, Mr. Burke indicated that a new fresco has been unveiled outside the entrance to the Chapel of the Hotel Santa Marta where the Pope says Mass daily which should answer any doubts as to the veracity of his announcement.
