Pope Benedict Returns from Lourdes

(16 Sept 08 - RV) Pope Benedict XVI is resting at the papal retreat in Castel Gandolfo this morning, after concluding his 4 day Apostolic journey to France with a Mass for the Sick and Suffering at Our Lady of the Rosary in Lourdes.


The Director of the Press Office of the Holy See, Jesuit Fr. Federico Lombardi offered these reflections at the end of the Holy Father’s journey…