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IN PETTO

Also in pectore, i.e., secretly. Applied to the Pope when he announces a general decision but reserves for later publication the particular form of what he has decided. Generally refers to the choice of cardinals in petto, whose names are not announced.

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Monday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of Sts John Fisher, Bishop, and Thomas More, Martyrs; Opt Mem of St. Paulinus of Nola, Bishop

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The Church celebrates two Optional Memorials today: —St. John Fisher (1469-1535) and St. Thomas More (1478-1535). John Fisher studied Theology in Cambridge (England) and became Bishop of Rochester. His friend, Thomas More, wrote of him, 'I reckon in this realm no one man, in wisdom, learning and long…

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