VOL. 117 - NO. 11 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, MARCH 15, 2013 $.30 A COPY CARDINALS ELECT A NEW POPE: POPE FRANCIS I by Cyn Donnelly On Wednesday, March 13, was the oldest of all the 2013 at approximately 8:00 candidates. pm Vatican time, the Papal When the new Pope was Conclave chose the succes- announced to the thousands sor to Pope Benedict XVI. upon thousands of the faith- Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio of ful waiting outside the Argentina was elected the Vatican, they cheered wildly 266th Pope of the Roman and chanted “Habemus Catholic Church. Upon being Papam!” (“We have a Pope!”) elected, Bergoglio, born in and “Viva il Papa!” Even after Buenos Aires the son of an he left the balcony, the Italian railway worker and people stayed on cheering his wife, chose the name their new Pontiff. Pope Francis I. He is the After blessing the crowd first Pope from the Americas and, in his words, “the en- as well as the first Jesuit tire world,” Pope Francis I to be named Head of the Cardinal in 2001. Bergoglio left the balcony with these Church. was among those considered words: “Brothers and Sisters, Ordained in 1969, the 76- in 2005 when Pope Benedict I leave you. Thank you so year-old has been the Arch- was eventually chosen but much for your welcome. I’ll bishop of Buenos Aires since his election this time was a see you soon. Good evening Happy 1998 and was elevated to bit of a surprise given he and have a good rest.” St. Patrick’s Day 2013 Boston Flower & Garden Show from the Presents This Year’s Theme: “Seeds of Change” Post-Gazette News Briefs by Sal Giarratani Hugo Chavez Passes I wonder if Joe K has any interest in running for president of Venezuela now that his little buddy Hugo has finally kicked the can? I also wonder how long before the Castro brothers start buddy- ing up to the White House now that their cash cow has died? He was a dictator and thug in his 14 years of rule. He killed democracy and hurt the country’s economy too. His former subjects should be dancing on his grave in his demise. Latin America has lost its number one blowhard. However, I am sure that Hollywood is mourning his passing. Filmmaker Oliver Stone can make a movie about Chavez being the George Washington of his country. I wonder if actor Sean Penn will be going to the wake and funeral along with “No One Should be (Photo by Rosario Scabin, Ross Photography) Left Out in the Cold” Joe Kennedy. Finally, will The Boston Flower & Garden Show brings Show Highlights: CITGO shut down the lights on it iconic landmark Spring to New England through March 17, • Garden Marketplace: Hundreds of retail high atop Kenmore Square? 2013 at the Seaport World Trade Center in vendors feature thousands of plants, garden Liberal Loons Blooming in Boston. Concern for the environment and tools and furnishings, landscape services, Washington, DC Like enthusiasm for home veggie production botanical décor and floral themed gifts. have planted “Seeds of Change” in New • The Birds & the Bees: Experts will be Cherry Blossoms Do England’s gardens. This spectacular event demonstrating how to raise chickens and This right out of the pages of The Nation, the features over 20 gardens created by profes- keep bees – two of the fastest growing envi- true voice of the American left. Don’t forget the sional landscape designers, nurseries and ronmental hobbies. st upcoming 21 Annual Environmental Film Festi- historic properties embracing innovative • From Garden to Gourmet: Local chefs val down in the Nation’s Capitol. It happens across new plants, materials and techniques that teach how to grow, use and preserve pro- (Continued on Page 14) increase the beauty, bountiful harvest and duce and herbs for year-round enjoyment ecological friendliness of gardens and out- and nutrition. door spaces. (Continued on Page 8) 113th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade The 113th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade will begin in South Boston at 1:00 pm on Sunday, March 17th and last for approximately two and a half hours. The route for the St. Patrick’s Day Parade begins at the Broadway T stop (Red Line), continues along Broadway all the way down to P Street, turns back up E. 4th Street, turns left at G Street, moves over to E. 5th Street at K Street, and circles around Dorchester Heights on Telegraph Street to Dorchester Street and heads west to Andrew Square (Red Line/Andrew T stop), where it ends. Page 2 POST-GAZETTE, MARCH 15, 2013 Stirpe by Prof. Edmund Turiello Res Publica Nostra by David Trumbull A weekly column highlighting some of the more interesting aspects of our ancestry...our lineage...our roots. Beware the Ides of March Beware indeed! As we all a distant relative of the other and killed the assassins. THE PIETÀ OF ST. PETER’S know, Julius Caesar was Brutus. The conspirators thought to Good Friday is observed in commemora- assassinated in the Senate Caius Trebonius. As was restore the Republic. How- tion of the crucifixion of Jesus. It is House on the Ides of March true of many of the conspira- ever, they lacked any co- believed to have originally been called of 44 B.C. Of the number and tors, he had been a benefi- hesive plan for governing; “God’s Friday.” Synonymous with this names of all the assassins we ciary of the kindnesses of mismanaged events in the holy season are the many painted and cannot be certain. Plutarch Caesar. It was Trebonius days immediately following sculptured scenes of piety. This and other ancient writers and Decimus Brutus who the assassination; and name can be defined as a pious act, record the following: detained Marc Antony in con- ended up plunging Rome a pious statement or a pious thing. Publius Servilius Casca. versation so that Caesar into a disastrous civil war. I doubt the existence in this “Vile Casca” who made the was without his principal Peace, but not the Republic, world today of one Christian who is first cut. bodyguard when he entered was finally restored when, in capable of a rational thought or Caius Cassius Longinus. the senate house. 31 B.C., following the defeat Michelangelo’s Pieta’ who possesses even a minimum That Cassius of the “lean and Lucius Tillius Cimber of Antony at the battle of in St. Peter’s Basilica. degree of intelligence, who hasn’t hungry look” who recruited Called Metellus Cimber in Actium, Caesar Octavian developed his own mental image Brutus to the conspiracy. the Shakespeare play, he emerged as sole leader — of the tragedy that was the crucifixion. There are also those Marcus Junius Brutus. A was the one who gave the the Emperor Augustus. more fortunate individuals, who preordained as it must descendant of that ancient signal to commence the The founders of our Repub- have been, had the God given talent to transform this mental Brutus who drove out the last slaughter. lic knew well the story of image into some tangible form like a beautiful painting or of the Roman kings about Cinna. We must be care- the Roman Republic’s fail- statue. Some of these important and talented creators of 465 years earlier. Brutus ful not to confuse the con- ure, with resulting Imperial the past were Bartholommeo, Bellini, Francia, Perugino, was as a son to Caesar; his spirator Cinna with Caesar’s Rule. They left us a sys- Raphael, Montaulti, Titian and of course Buonarroti, who was “the most unkindest cut loyal friend the poet Cinna. tem of popular government is more popularly known as Michelangelo. of them all.” Brutus and The angry mob in Rome that with regular elections. Our The full name of this last creator was Michelangelo di Cassius both fell at their Ides of March made that very Republic has endured, under Lodovico Buonarroti-Simoni born in Caprice, Tuscany in own hands after the battle of confusion and, meeting our Constitution, for about 1475 at the height of the great Italian Renaissance. People Philippi in 42 B.C. According Cinna the poet in the street, two and a quarter centuries. seem to relate him with one Pieta’ or La Pieta’ when in to some ancient account tore to pieces the wrong The Roman Republic endured fact he sculptured four of them. At the age of 23 he did his each did himself in with the man. nearly five centuries. It’s first and most famous Pieta’ which is now in the Basilica of very dagger he used to slay Within a very few years up to us ordinary Ameri- St. Peter in Rome. At the age of 73 he did the “Deposition Caesar. Marc Antony and Octavian can voters to determine from the Cross” which is now in the Cathedral of Florence. Decimus Junius Brutus Caesar, the adopted son of whether we can match that At the age of 74 he did the “Palestrina Pieta” which is now Also called Albinus, he was Julius Caesar tracked down record. in the Accademia in Florence, and at the age of 81 he did the “Rondanini Pieta” which was the last sculpturing done before his death. It is now in the Sforza Castle in Milan. The masterpiece at St. Peter’s is by far the most famous Sullivan Names Polito to Campaign Team of all sculptured Pieta. The scene, as we all know, repre- by Sal Giarratani sents the Virgin Mother grieving over the body of Jesus immediately after the crucifixion.