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Gen. Jaruzelski Dies

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Those of us of a certain age may remember the name of Wojciech Jaruzelski from the news. He died yesterday at the age of 90.

In case you are much younger than I and don’t recall the name… he had something to do with a brand new saint: Pope Saint John Paul II. Here is an interview with Cdl. Dziwisz, and you can Google for much more.

More here: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/pope/communism/

Here is his obit in the New York Times. According to that, he was originally Catholic. So, one could say a prayer for his soul, and a prayer of thanks for the life of Pope Saint John Paul II.

UPDATE: NCR has a good article out today: The Death the Life of Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski: Another Look.

Join Pope Francis in Praying for Peace

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Pope Francis has called for everyone to pray for peace, Saturday, Sept. 7. In the Eastern time zone of the US, pray especially from 1 pm to 6 pm. prayforpeace

Some ideas for prayer and fasting here.

Vatican vigil schedule here, from Deacon Greg at Patheos.

(Graphic here from https://www.facebook.com/CatholicPulse, photo credit CNS).

We Have a New Pope!

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We have a new Pope! Pope Francis. God bless him. He speaks strongly and with great kindness. I like him a lot already. His Twitter account is now active, https://twitter.com/Pontifex. From news.va, story on his first Angelus here.

The right of this picture shows some bunting going up on St. Benedict Church, Richmond, VA, in yellow and white, Vatican colors. To the left, some cherry trees that have begun blooming on Monument Avenue.