Farewell, Pope Francis: Chair of St. Peter by Bernini and Damian Domingo, the Lord's Prayer in Baybayin Script

The Chair of St. Peter in the Vatican by Italian Baroque Artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini and the Philippine version by the great Damian Domingo, remixed with the Lord's Prayer in ancient Baybayin script from the Doctrina Christiana.

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Ex Cathedra: Literally "from the chair", a theological term which signifies authoritative teaching and is more particularly applied to the definitions given by the Roman pontiff. Originally the name of the seat occupied by a professor or a bishop, cathedra was used later on to denote the magisterium, or teaching authority.

In 1622, a committee of cardinals called Sacred Congregation of Propaganda, was established by Pope Gregory XV, to supervise over foreign missions and the training of priests for these missions. The Sacred Congregation de Propaganda Fide, whose official title is "sacra congregatio christiano nomini propagando" is the department of the pontifical administration charged with the spread of Catholicism and with the regulation of ecclesiastical affairs in non-Catholic countries.

In the Constitution "Sapienti Consilio" of Pius X (29 June, 1908), the plan was followed of entrusting to Propaganda those countries of Europe and America where the ecclesiastical hierarchy is not established. Great Britain, Holland, Luxemburg, Canada, and the United States were therefore removed from its jurisdiction; on the other hand, all the vicariates and prefectures Apostolic of America and the Philippines, which were formerly subject to the Congregation of Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs, were placed under Propaganda.

Image: Lopez Museum and Library
Source: New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia