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Well one thing we know for sure, GOD would not allow anyone to add to the Deposit of Faith... if that is what you had in mind...
I didn't have anything in mind per say. The question came up today in conversation as ... "If you could be anyone for a day - who would you be and what would you do?".... someone answered they would be the Pope and shared their reason why - which I don't feel obligated to share here. I just took the question at - If you could be the Pope for a day - what would you do? :liturgy:
 
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1. Bring back the Papal tiara.
2. Reinstitute the Feast of St. Valentinus on February 14th in the ordinary form calendar.
3. Declare the right of any priest to celebrate the extraordinary form at any masses he desires, providing that they are regularly scheduled, so long as there is at least one ordinary form mass available beginning at sometime between 9am and 11:15am each Sunday. Religious orders would be exempt to the extent that their mass regulations in this regard would be allowed to be determined by the orders themselves.
4. Create an Anglican rite that operated along the lines of the Eastern Catholic rites.
5. Issue a directive that parishes ordinarily should use incense at masses on all first class feasts and solemnities. Dioceses and parishes that needed to be exempted for valid reason (such as financial hardship) could apply to the Congregation of Divine Worship for exemptions on a case by case basis.
6. Institute black as the mandatory liturgical color to be worn by clergy for funerals, All Soul's Day, and Good Friday in the ordinary form.
7. Restore the January 1st feast to "The Circumcision of Jesus" in the ordinary form (Alright, technically the name I am changing it to wasn't the original name, but it was the original concept, which was radically changed in the Vatican II era).
8. Re institute the liturgical season of Septuagesima in the ordinary form.
9. Mandate that each parish make a midnight Christmas mass available that actually starts at midnight.
10. Create special rubrics for the Christmas mass in the ordinary form so that it includes the Last Gospel.
11. Declare the Epiphany a universal holy day of obligation in the Latin Rite and mandate that it not be transferred to Sunday under any circumstances.
12. Declare the Ascension a universal holy day of obligation in the Latin Rite and mandate that it not be transferred to Sunday under any circumstances.
13. Eliminate the formal requirement for an act of penance on Fridays outside of Lent.
14. Write a brief encyclical (Hey, I've only got a day) stressing the obligation of government to the poor.
15. Authorize blue as a liturgical color in the Latin Rite for the Feast of the Assumption, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, and the Annunciation (But not for other Marian feasts).
16. Mandate that the bishops start wearing vestments that actually look purple when they are supposed to be purple. Many pick a shade of red that makes me think they are Cardinals unless I see them side by side with an actual Cardinal and observe the difference.
17. Reinstitute the sub-deaconate and the minor liturgical orders.
18. Declare the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church the Patriarch of Kiev.
19. Alter the conclave guidelines to stipulate that all eastern rite patriarchs are to automatically be given the full rights, duties, and honors of Cardinals as a consequences of their esteemed offices, in terms of participating in conclaves.
20. Figure out a way to reduce the number of Patriarchs of Alexandria in communion with Rome to one (it is ridiculous that there are two)
21. Cap the total number of annulments allowed per year in the United States at half the current rate and order the curia to issue new guidelines to bring in down to that figure. If the figure is reached prior to the end of the calendar year, mandate that all pending annulment requests in the United States be held until the following year.
22. Change the Psalm Sunday readings in the ordinary form so that they do not replicate the Good Friday readings.
23. Mandate that confirmations in the Latin Rite only be performed by bishops and not by priests
24. Make it is allowable (but not mandatory) for a pastor in any nation to re institute altar rails at his own discretion for any masses he so chooses in the ordinary form of the Latin Rite.
25. Institute a rule which stipulates that extraordinary minister of holy communion are not permitted at masses of less than 500 parishioners, unless there is only one clergy person present, in which case a single extraordinary minister would be permitted to offer the chalice in places where the chalice is usually offered. In masses where over 500 people are present, the rules would remain the same as they presently are.
26. Mandate that henceforth any bishop who is found to have knowingly permitted an admitted child molester after the current date to continue in ministry with children be stripped of all episcopal duties.
27. Mandate that henceforth any priest who is convicted of child abuse in civil court, or admits to such abuse, be immediately be given the choice of being defrocked or serving in a cloistered monastery without access to children.
28. Mandate that in cases where priests are not available to serve as pastors, deacons be given precedence over lay pastoral assistances in such cases where deacons are available.
29. Issue a directive encouraging dioceses to attempt to ordain more deacons.
 
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Interesting ideas, Fishy... I want to look at a few though:

6. Institute black as the mandatory liturgical color to be worn by clergy for funerals, All Soul's Day, and Good Friday in the ordinary form.

In dying we are born to eternal life. Therefore black is a silly colour for funerals. White, as is currently used, is a much better idea.

21. Cap the total number of annulments allowed per year in the United States at half the current rate and order the curia to issue new guidelines to bring in down to that figure. If the figure is reached prior to the end of the calendar year, mandate that all pending annulment requests in the United States be held until the following year.

I understand that the US has a lot of annulments, and I think that's really sad, but if people really aren't validly married, making them put their lives on hold because you've reached your quota for the year is ridiculous. A better idea might be making sure marriage preparation is more thorough...

23. Mandate that confirmations only be performed by bishops in the Latin Rite.

What's wrong with Confirmation as performed by Eastern Rite bishops? :scratch:

25. Institute a rule which stipulates that extraordinary minister of holy communion are not permitted at masses of less than 500 parishioners, unless there is only one clergy person present, in which case a single extraordinary minister would be permitted to offer the chalice in places where the chalice is usually offered. In masses where over 500 people are present, the rules would remain the same as they presently are.

:thumbsup:

26. Mandate that henceforth any bishop who is found to have knowingly permitted an admitted child molester after the current date to continue in ministry with children be stripped of all episcopal duties.

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

27. Mandate that henceforth any priest who is convicted of child abuse in civil court, or admits to such abuse, be immediately be given the choice of being defrocked or serving in a cloistered monastery without access to children.

I agree with the no access to children part, but shouldn't priests be given the same opportunities for repentance as the rest of us? Why defrock someone over this? We don't stop, um, other sinners from receiving the sacraments after they have confessed and repented - why make priests stop being priests? As long as they are unable to hurt anyone any more, they have just as much right to exercise their vocation as the next repentant person.
 
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1. Bring back the Papal tiara.
2. Reinstitute the Feast of St. Valentinus on February 14th in the ordinary form calendar.
3. Declare the right of any priest to celebrate the extraordinary form at any masses he desires, providing that they are regularly scheduled, so long as there is at least one ordinary form mass available beginning at sometime between 9am and 11:15am each Sunday. Religious orders would be exempt to the extent that their mass regulations in this regard would be allowed to be determined by the orders themselves.
4. Create an Anglican rite that operated along the lines of the Eastern Catholic rites.
5. Issue a directive that parishes ordinarily should use incense at masses on all first class feasts and solemnities. Dioceses and parishes that needed to be exempted for valid reason (such as financial hardship) could apply to the Congregation of Divine Worship for exemptions on a case by case basis.
6. Institute black as the mandatory liturgical color to be worn by clergy for funerals, All Soul's Day, and Good Friday in the ordinary form.
7. Restore the January 1st feast to "The Circumcision of Jesus" in the ordinary form (Alright, technically the name I am changing it to wasn't the original name, but it was the original concept, which was radically changed in the Vatican II era).
8. Re institute the liturgical season of Septuagesima in the ordinary form.
9. Mandate that each parish make a midnight Christmas mass available that actually starts at midnight.
10. Create special rubrics for the Christmas mass in the ordinary form so that it includes the Last Gospel.
11. Declare the Epiphany a universal holy day of obligation in the Latin Rite and mandate that it not be transferred to Sunday under any circumstances.
12. Declare the Ascension a universal holy day of obligation in the Latin Rite and mandate that it not be transferred to Sunday under any circumstances.
13. Eliminate the formal requirement for an act of penance on Fridays outside of Lent.
14. Write a brief encyclical (Hey, I've only got a day) stressing the obligation of government to the poor.
15. Authorize blue as a liturgical color in the Latin Rite for the Feast of the Assumption, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, and the Annunciation (But not for other Marian feasts).
16. Mandate that the bishops start wearing vestments that actually look purple when they are supposed to be purple. Many pick a shade of red that makes me think they are Cardinals unless I see them side by side with an actual Cardinal and observe the difference.
17. Reinstitute the sub-deaconate and the minor liturgical orders.
18. Declare the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church the Patriarch of Kiev.
19. Alter the conclave guidelines to stipulate that all eastern rite patriarchs are to automatically be given the full rights, duties, and honors of Cardinals as a consequences of their esteemed offices, in terms of participating in conclaves.
20. Figure out a way to reduce the number of Patriarchs of Alexandria in communion with Rome to one (it is ridiculous that there are two)
21. Cap the total number of annulments allowed per year in the United States at half the current rate and order the curia to issue new guidelines to bring in down to that figure. If the figure is reached prior to the end of the calendar year, mandate that all pending annulment requests in the United States be held until the following year.
22. Change the Psalm Sunday readings in the ordinary form so that they do not replicate the Good Friday readings.
23. Mandate that confirmations only be performed by bishops in the Latin Rite.
24. Make it is allowable (but not mandatory) for a pastor in any nation to re institute altar rails at his own discretion for any masses he so chooses in the ordinary form of the Latin Rite.
25. Institute a rule which stipulates that extraordinary minister of holy communion are not permitted at masses of less than 500 parishioners, unless there is only one clergy person present, in which case a single extraordinary minister would be permitted to offer the chalice in places where the chalice is usually offered. In masses where over 500 people are present, the rules would remain the same as they presently are.
26. Mandate that henceforth any bishop who is found to have knowingly permitted an admitted child molester after the current date to continue in ministry with children be stripped of all episcopal duties.
27. Mandate that henceforth any priest who is convicted of child abuse in civil court, or admits to such abuse, be immediately be given the choice of being defrocked or serving in a cloistered monastery without access to children.
28. Mandate that in cases where priests are not available to serve as pastors, deacons be given precedence over lay pastoral assistances in such cases where deacons are available.
29. Issue a directive encouraging dioceses to attempt to ordain more deacons.


FishandBread - I wish you would put some thought and effort into it. ;)



Actually - WOW!!! too bad you weren't in the running for Pope after JPII. Lot of interesting ideas. :priest:
 
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Honestly...I'd probably just wander around the Vatical and enjoy my access all areas pass. I'd imagine there's some pretty cool stuff there behind closed doors.

I would definately give some of the Swiss Guards the day off and kick back with them in some seedy bar over some beers and smokes and listen to them vent about their jobs, maybe shoot a game of pool or two.

Maybe I'd log in and post something infallible right here in OBOB...most off my posts so far have been so logical as to be unarguable - but still, infallibility would just be too cool for me not to use. I'd probably make David Hasselhoff's birthday a Holy
Day of Obligation or something. I wonder if the Pope has a computer. If not I could get on that one that Jack Chick says the Vatican uses to keep track of the names of every protestant...I wonder if that one's hooked up to the web?
 
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Honestly...I'd probably just wander around the Vatical and enjoy my access all areas pass. I'd imagine there's some pretty cool stuff there behind closed doors.

I would definately give some of the Swiss Guards the day off and kick back with them in some seedy bar over some beers and smokes and listen to them vent about their jobs, maybe shoot a game of pool or two.

Maybe I'd log in and post something infallible right here in OBOB...most off my post so far have been so logical as to be unarguable - but still, infallibility would add just be too cool for me not to use. I'd probably make David Hasselhoff's birthday a Holy
Day of Obligation or something. I wonder if the Pope has a computer. If not I could get on that one that Jack Chick says the Vatican uses to keep track of the names of every protestant...I wonder if that one' hooked up to the web?


I think I'd like to rome around the Vatican too.... see what's all in there. Don't know about the rest of your ideas ;) but interesting anyway.
 
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