ANALYSIS: How long will the pope’s honeymoon last?

[cbayer]

http://www.religionnews.com/2013/03/22/analysis-how-long-will-the-popes-honeymoon-last/


Pope Francis waves from the popemobile during his inauguration Mass at St. Peter’s Square on Tuesday (March 19) at the Vatican. World leaders flew in for Pope Francis’ inauguration Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Tuesday where Latin America’s first pontiff received the formal symbols of papal power. RNS photo by Andrea Sabbadini


David Gibson | Mar 22, 2013

(RNS) Since the moment of his election on March 13, Pope Francis has been warmly embraced by his own flock and even the media and the wider public in a way his bookish predecessor, Benedict XVI, was not.

Polls show that anywhere from 73 percent to 88 percent of American Catholics say they are happy with the selection of Francis, as opposed to about 60 percent who were happy with the choice of Benedict — and many of those are extremely pleased with the new pope.

Such an effusive welcome is especially good news for Catholic leaders who spent years fending off criticism of Vatican dysfunction under Benedict and a cloud of scandal and crisis at home. And the hot start for Francis is also crucial in building up a reservoir of good will that will be needed when the new pope refuses to bend on unpopular teachings or commits a gaffe of his own.

Yet even as the former Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio basks in this broad approval as Pope Francis, some constituencies in the Catholic Church are cautious or even angry at his election, and their concern has only grown in the early days of his pontificate.

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[freshwest]

1. Could someone post the youtube link to the mass held in Rome? It was mentioned in GD.

Some DUers said they enjoyed it. Although it was likely in Latin, I'd like to see it. I've seen some of these events on TV in years past, but don't watch TV now. TIA if anyone can post that here.

[freshwest]

2. Well, I found some, these may be them (dial-up warning):

Pope Francis' first Mass as Pontiff - in full

Also found this one from PBS:

Watch the complete Inaugural Mass of Pope Francis

Another one:

Pope Francis celebrates mass at St. Anne Parish

And a last one, I think:

Pope Francis Holy Mass conclusion of the Conclave

Hope those who understand this better will enjoy them. I'll take some time to see them during the week. Enjoy Easter if I don't hear from any of you.

EDIT:

Excuse me, I don't know what the order of these events were. Here are some more videos:

Pope Francis - Mass of Inauguration

Another, I don't know how these may have progressed. It seems like this event may have taken most of the daylight. I don't know what a Homily is in this context:

Pope Francis - Homily at Mass of Inauguration

The same search results shows this youtube channel, which appears to be official, but I don't know if it is. Any opinion on the validity of what they are offering is appreciated.

http://www.youtube.com/user/mhfm1?v=ENWYRPkA7Ao&feature=pyv&ad=7367214752&kw=catholic%20masses

I only mention it because the theme is quite different from the videos, AFAIK, with Fatima, etc. It comes up first in search results.

[cbayer]

4. Oops. Responded to your first post before I saw this one!

[cbayer]

3. Did you search for it on youtube already?

[freshwest]

5. Yes, results above from search terms 'pope francis mass.'

Maybe I should redo the title of the reply or make its own thread?

[cbayer]

6. I have a hard time with streaming due to slow connection, but if you think others

would like an easy link, a new thread would be great!

[freshwest]

7. Okay, I'll do that and make note that it is several hours of videos for dial-up folks.

[cbayer]

8. Great and thanks so much for participating here, freshest!

[freshwest]

9. Think I should post it in the Catholic group? Not being Catholic, I feel shy about going there.

Wouldn't want to aggravate them.

[cbayer]

10. I think they would appreciate it and doubt very much that you would be aggravating them.