Pope Benedict XVI celebrates Vespers with Rome students

Pope Benedict XVI prayed Solemn Vespers with Rome’s university students yesterday evening in St Peter’s Basilica.

In his homily, the Holy Father spoke of the Christian duty to seek the truth wait with steadfast hope and vigilance, saying, “To seek the face of God is our deepest aspiration, and it is also the answer to the basic question, which is ever more clearly present in and to contemporary society.”

The Advent celebration of Vespers with the students of Rome’s institutions of higher learning has become an annual tradition. Listen