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The news has finally reached us that the tiara will be restored to its rightful place in our sacred traditions. I am overwhelmed with joy to see our heritage honored and deeply grateful to everyone who helped carry this cause forward. We must now keep our eyes fixed on the …

May 31, 2010

Petition for a return of the Papal triregnum tiara

Petition for a return of the Papal triregnum tiara

🏆 Won — 134 supporters Verified

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Started by Anonymous 18 years, 7 months ago
Most Holy Father, We are most grateful to you for your continued untiring dedication in restoring the sacred to the holy liturgy & above all we thank you for your Motu Proprio "Summorum Pontificum" and the restoration of the Classical Rite. We can only applaud your efforts to restore continuity in the Church. We especially laud your continued effort to restore the use of venerable papal vestments & other traditions thereby reaffirming the dignity of your office as the Vicar of Christ. Many if not most of us were born during or after the Second Vatican Council. Many of us feel robbed of our sacred patrimony as Roman Catholics and are therefore all the more grateful to your holiness for your work for the "hermeneutic of continuity" in holy mother church. Most of us were deeply saddened at the abandonment of the triregnum & papal coronation as provided for by your predecessor his holiness of blessed memory Paul VI in his 1975 Apostolic Constitution "Romano Pontifici Eligendo". This venerable ceremony and crowning with the papal triregnum so full of rich symbolism calling to mind the very kingship of Jesus Christ would be but one more blessed opportunity to pay tribute to our patrimony. We the undersigned faithful humbly beg you Holy Father to restore the venerable tradition of the triregnum to the papal ceremonial. The venerable patriarchs of the Orthodox east do not refrain from their own traditions & insignia of their patriarchal office and authority therefore all the more fitting is it that you holy father the vicar of Christ, the patriarch of all the west, the bishop of Rome should wear that ancient symbol of your office the triregnum. For as Mgr Nabuco states in his \"Ius Pontificalium\" : \"Being exempt from all human authority, [The Apostolic Lord: (The Pope)] is crowned with a Tiara and uses it vested with the Sacred Vestments as a sign of his supreme dignity in temporal as well as in spiritual matters.\" Submitted respectfully in the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary.

Updates

March 16, 2010

The stories coming in from you all about what was lost remind me exactly why I started this. We are continuing to draft our formal request to be delivered to the proper offices in Rome. This is about reclaiming the dignity of the office and holding onto the beauty of our heritage.

March 16, 2010

Seeing this grow has been surreal because I grew up longing for the beauty of these ancient traditions. Your commitment to restoring this piece of our stolen heritage proves that we are not alone in our desire to see the majesty of the Church honored once again.

Reached 100 supporters

March 16, 2010

7 Comments

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Elena Karimi
18 years ago Featured

BRING IT BACK!!! We need to reclaim our heritage after all these years.

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Thomas Fleming
18 years ago Featured

It is time we bring back the old dignity to the throne. The church looks so plain lately.

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Joseph Mills
18 years ago Featured

Tradition matters. hope this happens soon.

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Benedict Henderson
18 years ago Featured

Visual symbols teach the faithful about the office. putting it back makes perfect sense.

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Mark Mansour
18 years ago Featured

The tiara is beautiful and represents the crown of christ. why abandon such a great tradition?

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Sarah Lloyd
18 years ago Featured

So much has been stripped away. Restoring the tiara would be a huge step in the right direction.

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steve godfrey
8 years ago

Yes we have lost much of our rich visual symbolism.

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