Why Bother going to Lourdes?- The Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes coincides
with the day we mark the World Day of the Sick . As Pope Benedict remarked on February
6, it's an opportunity to exhort: " ..all health care workers to look at the sick
person and see not only a fragile body, but above all a person, who deserves solidarity
and adequate and competent treatment".... To highlight this loving care for the
sick and suffering I’d like you to join someone who reflects on a very personal story
involving teh loving care to his dearest and nearest aon a visit to Lourdes . He's
Monsignor Peter Fleetwood .. Vatican Radio sound picture : February 12,
1931- Listen to a sound picture of the inaguration of our radio station
in which we bring you exclusive sound from our archives.Recordings of the voices
of Pius XI and those of the father of radio Guglielmo Marconi as well as of his
daughter , Princess Elettra. Lateran Pacts - On February 11th
1929, the Lateran pacts were signed by Cardinal Gasparri for the Holy See and by
Mussolini for the Italian State. Professor of History at the University of Virginia
in the United States, Jesuit Father Gerald Fogarty ... Listen :