Novus Ordo: Nuncio Plays Tarzan
Archbishop Nicola Girasoli, 66, Apostolic Nuncio to Slovakia, presided at an open-air Eucharist in his native Ruvo, Italy, wearing a chasuble of artificial leopard skin without alb or stole, but with …More
Archbishop Nicola Girasoli, 66, Apostolic Nuncio to Slovakia, presided at an open-air Eucharist in his native Ruvo, Italy, wearing a chasuble of artificial leopard skin without alb or stole, but with a mitre that didn't match his carnival costume. The pictures (below) were released by Ruvo Cathedral on September 7. Under Benedict XVI, who made him a bishop, Girasoli wore the cope when becoming an honorary member of a Rotary Club. Under the current Vatican regime, however, the reverse is true: the more of a clown you are, the better your career prospects.
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These leopard print vestments for Mass have divided opinion online What are your thoughts?
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Typical godless, faithless liberals. Fake priests for a fake 'church.' No one should be attending the illicit, invalid and sinful new mass.
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A nuncio violating what Pope Francis asks in Traditionis Custodes. "[ensure] that every liturgy be celebrated with decorum and fidelity to the liturgical books promulgated after Vatican Council II, without the eccentricities that can easily degenerate into abuses."
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From Fr. Z:
<< A bishop in the Puglia region (heel of the boot), Most Rev. Nicola Girasoli, celebrated a Mass for the anniversary of ordination of one of the diocese’s pastors (parish priests). Girasoli had been, is, a Nuncio.... Leopard skin. Very tricky. You have to have the right complexion.... You can have this [on the left]. But you can’t have this! [on the right] >>
UPDATE: Friends are telling …More
From Fr. Z:
<< A bishop in the Puglia region (heel of the boot), Most Rev. Nicola Girasoli, celebrated a Mass for the anniversary of ordination of one of the diocese’s pastors (parish priests). Girasoli had been, is, a Nuncio.... Leopard skin. Very tricky. You have to have the right complexion.... You can have this [on the left]. But you can’t have this! [on the right] >>
UPDATE: Friends are telling me that Bishop Girasoli is a good fellow and TLM-friendly. Deo gratias. I think this post is not really about him per se, but about the tastelessness that so easily creeps into the Novus Ordo, and how absurd it is to say that it's the "unique form of the Roman rite." It doesn't even have a form.
<< A bishop in the Puglia region (heel of the boot), Most Rev. Nicola Girasoli, celebrated a Mass for the anniversary of ordination of one of the diocese’s pastors (parish priests). Girasoli had been, is, a Nuncio.... Leopard skin. Very tricky. You have to have the right complexion.... You can have this [on the left]. But you can’t have this! [on the right] >>
UPDATE: Friends are telling me that Bishop Girasoli is a good fellow and TLM-friendly. Deo gratias. I think this post is not really about him per se, but about the tastelessness that so easily creeps into the Novus Ordo, and how absurd it is to say that it's the "unique form of the Roman rite." It doesn't even have a form.
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It doesn't even have a form. There.
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Perhaps His Excellency is going for the “Egyptian Pharaoh” look. I hear it’s all the rage in episcopal fashion these days.
Kenjiro M. Yoshimori
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i THINK THAT PURPLE CAPE IS CALLED A MANTELLETA. Most bishops and cardinals still wear it on formal occasions,
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Only in America.
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Wow,Gee....all of 15 people attending his "eucharist" Very,very impressive! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! 
