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To: NYer

God is speaking through the Holy Father.


26 posted on 09/21/2010 1:30:39 PM PDT by WashingtonSource
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To: WashingtonSource
God is speaking through the Holy Father.

The pope is the Vicar of Christ on earth. In case you missed it ...

Dear friends, we are all aware of the challenges, the blessings, the disappointments and the signs of hope which have marked our ecumenical journey. Tonight we entrust all of these to the Lord, confident in his providence and the power of his grace. We know that the friendships we have forged, the dialogue which we have begun and the hope which guides us will provide strength and direction as we persevere on our common journey. At the same time, with evangelical realism, we must also recognize the challenges which confront us, not only along the path of Christian unity, but also in our task of proclaiming Christ in our day. Fidelity to the word of God, precisely because it is a true word, demands of us an obedience which leads us together to a deeper understanding of the Lord’s will, an obedience which must be free of intellectual conformism or facile accommodation to the spirit of the age. This is the word of encouragement which I wish to leave with you this evening, and I do so in fidelity to my ministry as the Bishop of Rome and the Successor of Saint Peter, charged with a particular care for the unity of Christ’s flock.

Pope Benedict's historic address at Westminster Abbey

Or, this one.

The Pope in Parliament and Westminster Abbey: a day that shook the foundations of Britain's Protestant myth

30 posted on 09/21/2010 2:03:59 PM PDT by NYer ("God dwells in our midst, in the Blessed Sacrament of the altar." St. Maximilian Kolbe)
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