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Pope Benedict XVI in places associated with Paul VI |
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Sunday, 08 November 2009 |
 Pope Benedict XVI spent Sunday in the city of Brescia and its surroundings in the north of Italy, in places associated with Pope Paul VI. Giving his tribute, said that his teaching is "an invaluable gift to the Church," and called him "teacher of life and courageous witness to hope."
In the morning, Benedict XVI celebrated Mass in the rain at the square before the cathedral of Brescia. In his homily he expressed his desire that "the Church was the radiant sign of hope for mankind of the third millennium." He recalled that Pope Paul VI in his will outlines' vision of the Church of the poor and free ".
- This will be the ecclesial community, to be able to speak to contemporary humanity. Encounter and dialogue of the Church and humanity of our time lie at the heart of an exceptionally Giovanni in all periods of his life, from the first years of priesthood until the pontificate - said Benedict XVI. Then remarked: "All his strength gave it to serve the church." The Pope pointed out that, in his first encyclical, Ecclesiam suam "in 1964 with Pope Paul VI presented a vision of the Church, which capture the best three words:" awareness, renewal and dialogue. " According to Benedict XVI, and now the church is "definitely a central role" in the "plan of salvation and its relationship with the world." Then said: "Advances in secularism and globalization meant that this role is even more radical in contact with the forgetting of God on the one hand and the other non-Christian religions." Benedict quoted the words of Paul VI: "Even the Pope needs help through prayer," while "many expected" of him "spectacular gestures, vigorous and resolute speeches. In the afternoon, the pope went to the village situated near Brescia Concesio where Paul VI was born on 26 September 1897. He visited his family home and the new headquarters of the Institute's name. In a speech at the Institute of Pope Paul VI Pope Benedict XVI said that "as the better known by" its predecessor, "it is more appreciated and loved." The Pope also spoke about his personal meetings with Paul VI during the Second Vatican Council, emphasizing that he appointed him in 1977, the Archbishop of Munich. - I feel that I owe this great pope great gratitude for the respect which he showed to me on several occasions - he stressed. Then put an emphasis on the importance attached to the Pope Montini issues of education, which is now in its view, the current challenge. Expressing the opinion that at the present time "feels authentic educational crisis, Benedict XVI said:" fostered the atmosphere, a mentality and a form of culture, leading to doubt the value of the person, the importance of truth and goodness, as a last resort in the goodness of life. " - And yet feel in a very strong desire for certainty and universal values - he added. - According to Pope Montini had to educate young people so they can assess the environment in which they live and work, that he regarded himself as a person, not the number of weight: in a word, help him to possess "strong mind" capable of "strong action" - said Benedict XVI. He noted that the pontificate of Paul VI fell a time of great contestation and rebellion of 1968. - Pointed the way ahead encounter with Christ as a liberating experience of education and the only authentic response to the wishes and aspirations of young people who have fallen victim to an ideology - he said. Pope Paul VI described as "teacher of life and courageous witness to hope." He noted that the pope was not always understood, and often "criticized and isolated by the dominant cultural movement." - But unmoved, though physically frail, without hesitation, will lead the Church, nor ever lost confidence in young people, aimed at renewing it - and not just for her - a call to trust Christ and follow him through the Gospel - said Benedict XVI. Then expressed the conviction that this path of love to the young Pope Montini then taken over by John Paul II.
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