More material preparation for the Consecration of Russia?

From the latest Vatican Information Service (V.I.S.) daily e-mail bulletin:

DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BETWEEN HOLY SEE AND RUSSIA

VATICAN CITY, 10 DEC 2009 (VIS) - The Holy See Press Office has published a communique announcing that "the Holy See and the Russian Federation, in the desire to promote their mutual friendly relations, have decided by joint agreement to establish diplomatic relations, at the level of apostolic nunciature on the part of the Holy See and of embassy on the part of the Russian Federation".

OP/DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS/RUSSIA VIS 091210 (80)

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Feast of St. Damasus, Pope, Confessor, A.D. 2009

Priests from the S.S.P.X. and The Diocese of Sale pray the Holy Rosary together

Here's a link to an interesting item at AQ:

http://angelqueen.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=29093

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Feast of St. Bibiana, Virgin, Martyr, A.D. 2009

H.M. The Queen’s new appointments to The Order of the Thistle

http://www.royal.gov.uk/LatestNewsandDiary/Pressreleases/2009/AppointmentofanewKnightoftheOrderoftheThistle29Nov.aspx

Announcement of new appointments to the Order of the Thistle, 29 November 2009

THE FOLLOWING ANNOUNCEMENT IS ISSUED BY THE PRESS SECRETARY TO THE QUEEN

The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint the following to be Knights of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle:

The Right Honourable the Lord Hope of Craighead, PC, FRSE

The Right Honourable the Lord Patel

Notes:

The Order of the Thistle represents the highest honour in Scotland. It is second only in precedence in the UK to the Order of the Garter. The Order honours Scottish men and women who have held public office or who have contributed in a particular way to national life.

Find out more about the Order of the Thistle

You may read more about the new appointees here and here. There are no more vacancies in the Order.

Reginaldvs Cantvar
Feast of St. Bibiana, Virgin, Martyr, A.D. 2009

Papal audience for H.I.&R.H. The Archduke of Austria

I was interested to see the following item in the Vatican Information Service daily e-mail bulletin:

VATICAN CITY, 30 NOV 2009 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in separate audiences:

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- His Royal Imperial Highness Otto von Hapsburg, archduke of Austria, accompanied by an entourage.

[…]

AL/.../... VIS 091130 (180)

His Imperial and Royal Highness, who turned ninety-seven a couple of weeks ago (presumably he received a belated birthday Apostolic Blessing from the Holy Father) is the son of Bl. Charles of Austria. Another German prince was received in a Papal audience recently, too:

VATICAN CITY, 31 OCT 2009 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in separate audiences:

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- His Royal Highness the Prince of Hohenzollern, accompanied by his family.

AP/.../... VIS 091103 (70)

(More information about His Royal Highness is available here.)

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Feast of St. Bibiana, Virgin, Martyr, A.D. 2009