Wellington’s Archbishop John Dew said he couldn’t understand why his cellphone kept beeping at 3am while he was holidaying in Waikanae Beach.
It turned out to be a series of messages carrying prayers and congratulations after his name was included in a list of 20 new cardinals in the Catholic Church, announced by Pope Francis.
Now Archbishop John is in Rome accompanied and supported by family and friends, for the Consistory, and to receive his red hat.
The Consistory on Saturday 14th Feb, as well as the Pope’s Mass with the Cardinals on Sunday 15th Feb, will be streamed live.
The New Zealand Catholic Bishops’ conference has supplied these instructions for those who may wish to view the live streaming.
Rome is 12 hours behind NZ at present so the Consistory will be from 11pm-12.30am NZ time on Sat 14 Feb. The Pope’s Mass with the Cardinals will be from 10pm-11.30pm on Sun 15 Feb.
To access Vatican Player:
Either follow this link
www.vatican.va/video/
Or google Vatican player.
If using google, click on “Vatican Player – La Santa Sede”
The Vatican Player page may open in one of three ways depending on your computer:
- The player may appear. There will be pictures and times etc. You can skip 2 and 3 below.
- There may be a small blue and white button at the top left corner saying “Download Microsoft Silverlight”. In this case click on the button. When a box appears with “Run” in it click Run. The player with pictures and events should appear after a short time.
- A grey box may appear which says Silverlight needs your permission to run. You may have a bar above the player which says “Run this plugin”. If so click on it. If not right click your mouse and click on Run this plug-in.
The player will open at the next event to be live-streamed.
The boxes to the right are future events, and to the left are past events.
Try a past event by clicking on the box to the left. When it comes to the front, click on “video on demand” underneath it.
Click on the small white triangle on the left to start showing the event.
If you want to make it full screen click on the small black and white box on the right side opposite the white triangle.
If you want to get out of fullscreen mode tap Esc top left on your keyboard.
You can adjust volume on the player using the fuzzy arrow to the left of the small black and white box or using your computer’s volume control.
If you want to watch it after the event then go to the player and click through the boxes on the left side until you find it.
Source
- Stuff.co.nz
- Supplied Archdiocese of Wellington
- Image: Stuff.co.nz
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