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What Happens?
#40820 04/01/05 11:39 PM
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In the Divine Liturgy we pray for the Ecumenical Patriarch Pope John Paul II. Who do we pray for when the Pope dies and a new Pope has not been elected yet?

What happens between Popes?
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What happens between Popes?

No commemmoration is made until a new Pope has been selected.
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Dear Father Kenneth, CHRIST IS RISEN! In former times, this commemoration was made after the death of a pope: "For the widowed See of Rome.."---this is no longer the case??? confused

In the Risen Lord,
+Fr. Gregory

+Father Archimandrite Gregory, who asks for your holy prayers!
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My speculation is based upon what had been done in the past after the deaths of +Metropolitan Thomas and +Metropolitan Judson.

In each case, the petitions were omitted, since there was no one named for quite some time.

Sorry for any confusion this may have caused.
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Father Gregory,

Father Deacon Kenneth is correct. The commemoration of the Holy Father in the litanies, etc, is a commemoration of the living person who occupies the See of Rome. Sees are not commemorated as a living person. So when a see is vacant either through death, retirement, etc., no commemeration is made.

Hope this makes sense.

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