Papacy by numbers
Message de jardin62 posté le 04-04-2005 à 16:03:21 (S | E | F | I)
Non pas à cause de la difficulté de compréhension mais de la difficulté d'élocution
(THE TIMES - Saturday, April 2)-
(Essayez -c'est un exercice de souffle intéressant- de lire tout haut cet article truffé de nombres, où foisonnent les mots transparents.)
* C'est aussi une façon de parler ici, de façon objective, du pape Jean Paul II.
- 'Since the start of his pontificate on October 16, 1978, Pope John Paul II completed 104 pastoral visits outside of Italy and 146 within Italy. As Bishop of Rome he visited 317 of the 333 parishes. His principal documents included 14 encyclicals, 15 apostolic exhortations, 11 apostolic constitutions and 44 apostolic letters. He also published 5 books. He presided at 147 beatification ceremonies (1,338 Blesseds proclaimed) and 51 canonisation ceremonies (482 saints). He held 9 consistories in which he created 231 cardinals. He also convened 6 plenary meetings of the College of Cardinals. He presided at 15 Synods of Bishops. No other pope encountered as many individuals as John Paul II. More than 17,600, 000 pilgrims participated in the general audiences held on Wednesdays (more than 1,160). This figure does not include all the other special audiences and religious ceremonies held (more than 8 million pilgrims during the Great Jubilee Year 2000 alone) and the millions of faithful met during pastoral visits made in Italy and throughout the world. During 38 official visits to other nations the Pope held 737 audiences and meetings with heads of state, and 245 audiences and meetings with prime ministers.'
Pronunciation:
'papacy : PPS
en'cyclicals : NSKLKLZ
'synods : SNDZ