Bergoglio commits a double defect of the formula in the papal blessing Urbi et Orbi

 

Deficient Priestly Formation: Francis Messes Up Urbi Et Orbi Blessing 

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Francis got the December 25 Christmas Blessing Urbi et Orbi wrong. He said: “Et benedictio Dei omnipotentis: Patris et Filius [sic!] et Spiritus Sancti. *Amen.”

The correct formula would have been, „Et benedictio Dei omnipotentis: Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti descendat super vos et maneat semper.

Additional to the wrong case for "son" (filius instead of filii), he omitted the second half of the formula which indicates the recipient of the blessing, thus creating a defect of the form.

* In the valid formula of the papal blessing Urbi et Orbi the Catholic faithful who receive the blessing are those who respond Amen, not the Pope who imparts the blessing. 

Sancti Apostoli Petrus et Paulus: de quorum potestate et auctoritate confidimus, ipsi intercedant pro nobis ad Dominum.

℟: Amen.

Precibus et meritis beatae Mariae semper Virginis, beati Michaelis Archangeli, beati Ioannis Baptistae et sanctorum Apostolorum Petri et Pauli et omnium Sanctorum, misereatur vestri omnipotens Deus; et dimissis omnibus peccatis vestris, perducat vos Iesus Christus ad vitam æternam.

℟: Amen.

Indulgentiam, absolutionem, et remissionem omnium peccatorum vestrorum, spatium veræ et fructuosae pœnitentiae, cor semper paenitens, et emendationem vitae, gratiam et consolationem Sancti Spiritus; et finalem perseverantiam in bonis operibus tribuat vobis omnipotens et misericors Dominus.

℟: Amen.

Et benedictio Dei omnipotentis, Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti, descendat super vos et maneat semper.

℟: Amen

And to this incompetent man, who does not even know how to give a blessing, those who are voluntarily blind, persist in calling him Pope.