TRIBUTE TO HIS HOLINESS PATRIARCH ALEXY II -Listen to Pope Benedict
XVI's message of condolence to the Russian Orthodox Church in Moscow on hearing
of the death of His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II , read for us by Sean Patrick Lovett.
And also to Philippa Hitchen's interview with the head of the Vatican's Council
for Christian Unity , Cardinal Walter Kasper who describes His Holiness the Patriarch
, as a committed pastor who led his Church through the challenges of transition from
the Soviet era to the present day ... CHILE ON THE AGENDA -As Pope Benedict XVI receives in audience the Bishops from Chile, Cardinal
Roberto Tucci shares with us precious personal memories of fellow Jesuit Chilean
Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga who lived during the first half of the twentieth century
and was canonised by Pope John Paul II ... ADVENT NOTES - Heavenly
hymns to mark the Second Sunday of Advent with Monsignor Philip Whitmore ...