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March 7 2012
Vatican News
ARMENIAN SYNOD: BEAR GENEROUS AND JOYFUL WITNESS TO CHRIST
At the end of his catechesis during this morning's general audience,
the Holy Father addressed some words of greeting to His Beatitude
Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni, patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians, and
to bishops of the Armenian Catholic Church who have come to Rome for a
Synod. Benedict XVI spoke of his `sincere gratitude' for the
patriarch's faithfulness to his Christian traditions and to the
Successor of the Apostle Peter.
`I accompany your Synod with my fervent prayers and with an apostolic
blessing, in the hope that it may favour communion and understating
among pastors, helping them to guide, with renewed evangelical
fervour, Armenian Catholics along the path of generous and joyful
witness to Christ and His Church. . . . My prayerful thoughts also go
to the regions of the Middle East, and I encourage pastors and
faithful to persevere with hope amidst the great suffering which
afflicts those dear peoples.'
Finally the Pope addressed greetings in various languages to the
pilgrims gathered before him in St. Peter's Square. Speaking Polish he
mentioned the victims of a recent rail accident in the country. `I
pray for the eternal repose of the deceased,' he said, `and for the
speedy return to health of the injured.'
http://thecatholicspirit.com/news/from-the-vatican/vatican-today-march-7-2012/
March 7 2012
Vatican News
ARMENIAN SYNOD: BEAR GENEROUS AND JOYFUL WITNESS TO CHRIST
At the end of his catechesis during this morning's general audience,
the Holy Father addressed some words of greeting to His Beatitude
Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni, patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians, and
to bishops of the Armenian Catholic Church who have come to Rome for a
Synod. Benedict XVI spoke of his `sincere gratitude' for the
patriarch's faithfulness to his Christian traditions and to the
Successor of the Apostle Peter.
`I accompany your Synod with my fervent prayers and with an apostolic
blessing, in the hope that it may favour communion and understating
among pastors, helping them to guide, with renewed evangelical
fervour, Armenian Catholics along the path of generous and joyful
witness to Christ and His Church. . . . My prayerful thoughts also go
to the regions of the Middle East, and I encourage pastors and
faithful to persevere with hope amidst the great suffering which
afflicts those dear peoples.'
Finally the Pope addressed greetings in various languages to the
pilgrims gathered before him in St. Peter's Square. Speaking Polish he
mentioned the victims of a recent rail accident in the country. `I
pray for the eternal repose of the deceased,' he said, `and for the
speedy return to health of the injured.'
http://thecatholicspirit.com/news/from-the-vatican/vatican-today-march-7-2012/