2007-02-08 15:06:53

Pope Benedict XVI tells Italian bishops to promote and defend a culture of life and legality


(08 Feb. 07) : Addressing the Bishops from Italy’s Lombardy region, who are currently in the course of their ‘ad limina visit’, Pope Benedict told them and the faithful from Lombardy in St. Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday that the Church has an important role she must continue to play in Lombard society. The role is to announce and bear witness to the Gospel in all areas, especially where there exist the negative traits of hedonistic consumer culture, of secularism and individualism, where old and new forms of poverty appear with worrying signs of youth alienation and phenomena of violence and criminality. The Pontiff told them to defend and promote the culture of human life and legality and also gain an ever better understanding of the figure of Jesus, so that our knowledge of him is not just second hand but comes through prayer, liturgy and love for others. In conclusion, Pope Benedict encouraged the bishops to guide the dynamic people of Lombardy, so that, guided by the Holy Spirit, they give evangelical witness and become living signs of supernatural hope, relying in all situations on never-failing divine assistance.








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