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from Vatican Radio:

Did you know that the Feast of Corpus Christi was established during Saint Thomas’s lifetime? And that he probably wrote many of the prayers we use in the liturgy on this feast as well as some fine hymns in honour of the Blessed Sacrament.

But what is the connection with the pelican biting its breast , releasing drops of blood, to feed the young?

A programme presented by Monsignor Philip Whitmore and produced by Veronica Scarisbrick.

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Once again we thank the fine folks at Vatican Radio and the intrepid Veronica Scarisbrick for this thoughtful reflection:

It was the 18th of November 1965 and in Saint Peter’s Basilica the Second Vatican Council was drawing to a close when during its penultimate session Pope Paul VI promulgated the Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation.

At the time of this ground breaking Council, a young Patrick Kelly now Archbishop of Liverpool was present in Saint Peter’s Basilica witnessing on many an occasion the discussions of the Council Fathers. He shared with Veronica Scarisbrick his memories of that epoch and in a special way of that document on Revelation, gone down in history with the Latin title of ‘Dei Verbum’

Fifty years on from the beginning of that Council back on the 11^th of October 1962 , among the events to mark this anniversary is a conference taking place here in Rome on April 26th sponsored by the Pontifical Lateran University and focusing on this same ‘Dei Verbum’ document.
The man to chair this meeting is the Dean of the Faculty of Church History and Fine Arts of the Church at the Pontifical Gregorian University, Jesuit Professor Norman Tanner.

In an effort to find out more about ‘Dei Verbum’ Veronica Scarisbrick went round to call on him at the University there and began by asking him how important this document was at the time it was drawn up.

While acknowledging its central role Father Tanner also places it in the broader context of the Council documents and then goes on to highlight the relevance of this document today.

 

Leave it to the intrepid Veronica Scarisbrick to find St. Andrew (I love the girls at Vatican Radio…they ROCK)

 

 

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From Vatican Radio

Have you ever wondered which of the Figures in the Last Judgement fresco in the Sistine Chapel is Saint Andrew ?

Veronica Scarisbrick shares with you a comment focusing in a special way on this central figure in Michelangelo’s masterpiece, given he’s been placed close the figure of Christ the Judge.

That’s with Professor of Fine Arts, Breda Ennis of the American University of Rome who shares with us her expertise in the field of sacred art.

 

He’s Monsignor Timothy Verdon, Professor of Sacred Art at the Theological University of Central Italy who explains to Veronica Scarisbrick how we can preach the word of God through sacred art .

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In an effort to mark a year since the concluding document from the 2008 Synod of Bishops on the ‘The Word of God in the Life and Mission of the Church’ was published here in the Vatican . A document referred to as a post Synodal Apostolic Exhortation in a deliberate reference of the key Vatican II documents ‘Dei Verbum’ which sheds light on the past 40 years or so of theological , pastoral and practical reflection on the centrality of the Scriptures in the life, the liturgy and the witness of all Christian Churches we join one of the relators at this Synod . – Vatican Radio