Pope Benedict XVI applauds faith of Camaldolese monks
June 09, 2012: ‘The testimony of the Camaldolese monks' faith down the centuries
have led believers to know Christ, to love him, and to strive to imitate him, said
Pope Benedict XVI in a letter to Cardinal Joseph Bertello’, President of the Prefecture
of Vatican City and Special Envoy of the Holy Father to the millennium celebrations
of the founding of Holy Hermitage of Camaldoli. According to the letter dated 10th
May and released on Saturday the celebration is scheduled to take place on 19 June
2012.St. Raymond, the father of the Camaldolese monks, seeking a hermit life and discipline, built monasteries for monks in Italy for several years, tirelessly promoting life based on the gospels. In 1012 he founded the Holy Hermitage in the desert region of Arezzo, which was the principal seat of the movement of monastic solitude. This hermitage favored both the human and spiritual development.
While celebrating the millennium of the Holy Hermitage, we can learn the virtues and way of life of St. Raymond. His teachings and practice are useful even to the faithful of our time, the Pope said in his letter.
Recalling his participation at the solemn celebration of Vespers with the monks of the Camaldolese in March, the Pontiff said that he wanted to foster this way of the Gospel.
Pope concluded his message by imparting his Apostolic Blessing to all those who gather on 19th June to celebrate the occasion especially Camaldolese brothers and sisters, bishops, priests, religious and lay faithful.
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