Did Pope Francis Slight Pope Benedict in his Funeral Homily?

0:00:  Question: Did Pope Francis Slight Pope Benedict in his Funeral Homily?

0:36:   Pope Benedict died when we were out….Pope Francis gave a short homily during the funeral which you can find here. 

1:10:  Did we watch live?

 1:50:   Eulogies vs. homilies – what’s the difference?    Mike talks about doing the eulogy for both of his parents.

2:36:   Funeral Homilies take on a different focus.

3:54:   Pope Francis did a homily.

4:10:  Compare and despair.  Cardinal Ratzinger did Pope John Paul II’s funeral homily.  You can find that here.

5:00:  Maria: The homily reflected the Papacy and life of Pope Benedict.

6:17:  Funeral was more for a retired Bishop of Rome more so than a reigning Pope.

6:43:   We live in a polarized country and church.  The infighting gets more attention.

7:56:  Pope Francis called us to pray for Pope Benedict.  And honored him in his Wednesday audience.

8:42:   Critiques of Pope Benedict’s liturgical style.

9:02:   Pope giving a homily vs a Cardinal giving a homily for a Pope.

9:19:  FD’s Rules for Funeral Homilies.

11:25:  Funeral of Justice Antonin Scalia

12:00:   Mourning also happened when Benedict resigned.

13:20:   Comparing this to Bishop’s funerals who have retired.

14:00:  Show note:  Terence Cardinal Cooke did in fact, “die in office” and in fact spent a good deal of his time as Archbishop of NY battling leukemia.

14:48:   This is quite different from when Pope John Paul II died.

15:17:  Maria:   Things were in the proper place.

16:15:   Eulogy at the beginning of the funeral as opposed to the end of it.

17:51:  Words of remembrance is the proper term.   Here’s some guidelines.

19:05:   Hard to prep for funerals.  Here’s one of Mike’s experiences with his father’s funeral and some experiences from one pastor.

20:55:  Funerals are great opportunities for Evangelization.

21:30:   Church search goes to St Francis deSales in Akron.

23:04   Readings for this weekend can be found here.