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20 Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, April 28th, 2005
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A warm welcome for Pope Benedict XVI
By work experience student _________Katharine Butler_________
AS news broke around the globe that white smoke had been released from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, the world’s one billion Catholics took a deep breath as the identity^ of the new Pope, Benedict XVI, was announced. But what of the Catholic community in
the Kibble Valley? . Since the sad news broke about Pope
John Paul IPs death both pupils and staff at St Augustine’s Roman Catholic High School, Billington, have been following the action taking place at the Vatican very closely. Headmaster Anthony McNamara said:
“The children were sincerely very sad that Pope John Paul died as he is the only Pope they have ever known, and with the intense media coverage pupils have been genuinely fascinated by the events that have been unfolding.” Teachers seized the opportunity to talk
to the children about what it really means to be part of the truly “universal” Catholic Church, e.xplaining the purpose of the meet ing of cardinals, the ballot, and the eventu al announcement of John Paul’s successor. And with the addition of modern media
coverage pupils were in the unusual position of seeing an important part of their religion being played out before them. “It really was amazing, the children were
talking about it in class. Everybody was very excited by the events taking place and everyone at the school has been fascinated by who the new choice of Pope would be,” said Mr McNamara. One of the main talking points at the school centred around what name the new
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pontiff. Cardinal JosephRatzinger, would take, and according to Mr McNamara the choice of name may have been a very delib erate one. He said: “Benedict XV became Pope in
1914 at the start of the Great War. A story is told that he died of a broken heart, upset by the departure of the young men of Rome to fight in the war. He became known as the Pope that wanted peace.” 'The school believe that the choice of
Benedict XVI may then indicate that, like his namesake and also his predecessor, the new Pope wants to continue in the same manner and be a promoter of peace. Although happy with the new choice of Pope, the school did secretly have a
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favourite based on a very holy connection. In 1996 South American Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez de Madariaga, one of the most prominent Cardinals over the past month, visited St Augustine’s and the school openly admitted to having had their “fingers crossed for him”. Pupils have put together a display to
commemorate the past month’s events and pictures of the new Pope are now being placed around the school. Parishioners at St Michael and St John’s,
Clitheroe, were also happy to see the appointment of the new Pope, though very sad to say goodbye'to John Paul II. His life has been remembered in Mass
over the past few weeks and the congrega tion has also been joined by members of other churches in the Ribhle Valley for prayer and celebration. Maureen Mercer, a regular at the church,
said: “We were sorry to lose him [John Paul] but joyous for where he has gone.” She believes that, like his predecessor, Benedict will be a champion of the poor and a pro tector of the faith. Father Wareing, parish priest at St
Michael and St John’s, is biding his time before making a decision, believing that it is too early to make a judgement on the new appointment at the Vatican. He said: “He is obviously a very able,
spiritual and intellectual man, but until now he has been Pope John Paul’s man. Now he can be his own man. “One thing that struck me, when he came
to Cambridge a couple of years ago, was that he had a good expression of being very human, gentle and open. But I am reser\’- ing judgement for the time being,” he said. Our picture below shows St Augustine’s
pupils holding aloft newspapers showing pictures of Pope Benedict XVI. (s)
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