RADIO VATICANA REPORT:
About thirty thousand
people attended Holy Mass in Saint Peter’s Square Saturday morning to
commemorate forty years since the founding of the Holy Spirit Renewal in Italy.
The Archbishop of Genoa and president of the Italian Episcopal Conference (CEI),
Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, was the main celebrant. The celebration was
immediately followed by a special audience with Pope Benedict XVI, who addressed
the representatives of the Holy Spirit Renewal.
“In your pilgrimage,” the Holy Father said, “where you have the opportunity to spend time in prayer before the tomb of Saint Peter, may you reinvigorate your faith, grow in the Christian witness, and confront without fear, and with the guidance of the Holy Spirit, the challenging tasks of the new evangelization.”
“Dear friends of the Holy Spirit Renewal! Never tire of turning towards heaven: the world is in need of prayer. Be of service to those men and women who feel drawn towards Heaven in their lives, giving praise to the Lord through a new way of life. And may you be joyful Christians!
“I entrust each and every one of you,” he concluded, “to the most Holy Mary, who was present at the Last Supper and the event of Pentecost. Persevere with her in prayer, go forward guided by the light of the Holy Spirit, living and proclaiming the announcement of Christ.”
The Holy Father concluded by imparting his Apostolic Blessing upon those who were present and their families.
About thirty thousand
people attended Holy Mass in Saint Peter’s Square Saturday morning to
commemorate forty years since the founding of the Holy Spirit Renewal in Italy.
The Archbishop of Genoa and president of the Italian Episcopal Conference (CEI),
Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, was the main celebrant. The celebration was
immediately followed by a special audience with Pope Benedict XVI, who addressed
the representatives of the Holy Spirit Renewal.“In your pilgrimage,” the Holy Father said, “where you have the opportunity to spend time in prayer before the tomb of Saint Peter, may you reinvigorate your faith, grow in the Christian witness, and confront without fear, and with the guidance of the Holy Spirit, the challenging tasks of the new evangelization.”
“Dear friends of the Holy Spirit Renewal! Never tire of turning towards heaven: the world is in need of prayer. Be of service to those men and women who feel drawn towards Heaven in their lives, giving praise to the Lord through a new way of life. And may you be joyful Christians!
“I entrust each and every one of you,” he concluded, “to the most Holy Mary, who was present at the Last Supper and the event of Pentecost. Persevere with her in prayer, go forward guided by the light of the Holy Spirit, living and proclaiming the announcement of Christ.”
The Holy Father concluded by imparting his Apostolic Blessing upon those who were present and their families.
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