Friday, May 24, 2013

Popes - Benedict XVI

World Day of Peace 2007

Wednesday, 10 September 2008 05:35 Last Updated on Friday, 15 July 2011 10:46 Written by Pope Benedict XVI
Saint Augustine teaches that 'God created us without our aid; but He did not choose to save us without our aid.' Consequently all human beings have the duty to cultivate an awareness of this twofold aspect of gift and task. Likewise, peace is also gift and task.

Encyclical Deus Caritas Est, 25Dec05

Wednesday, 10 September 2008 05:35 Last Updated on Friday, 29 July 2011 10:14 Written by Pope Benedict XVI
Finally, let us consider the saints, who exercised charity in an exemplary way. Our thoughts turn especially to Martin of Tours (+397), the soldier who became a monk and a bishop: he is almost like an icon, illustrating the irreplaceable value of the individual testimony to charity.

Special Vatican Welcome for President Bush

Wednesday, 25 June 2008 10:04 Last Updated on Friday, 29 July 2011 11:23 Written by Edward Pentin

VATICAN CITY — The large motorcade crept along the tree-lined road shortly before 11 a.m., and pulled up in front of the medieval St. John’s Tower in the Vatican Gardens. On stepping out of his black limousine, President Bush opened his arms to greet Pope Benedict XVI, but held back from hugging him and shook his hand instead. "It’s an honor," said the Pope as he greeted the president June 13, 2008 on Bush’s fifth and probably last visit to the Vatican as president. "It is such an honor, such an honor," replied Bush.

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Encyclical Deus Caritas Est, 25Dec05

Wednesday, 10 September 2008 05:35 Last Updated on Friday, 29 July 2011 10:15 Written by Pope Benedict XVI
A personal relationship with God and an abandonment to His will can prevent man from being demeaned and save him from falling prey to the teaching of fanaticism and terrorism.

September 11th Survivor Meets Pope at Ground Zero

Wednesday, 30 April 2008 09:39 Last Updated on Friday, 29 July 2011 11:16 Written by Dennis Sadowski

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Looking into Pope Benedict XVI's eyes as she genuflected in front of him during his visit to the former World Trade Center site, Julie Malik knew the pope understood what she had experienced on a disastrous September morning more than six years ago. "I remember thinking, 'You're here. You're here to help us. You took your time to understand,'" Malik said of the April 20 meeting. Malik, 57, was one of four survivors of the Sept. 11, 2001, attack in lower Manhattan who met the pontiff during his visit to ground zero. Four rescue workers and 16 people who lost family members in the disaster also met the pope at the site.

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