Judicial year of the Vatican City inaugurated

January 12, 2013: We are, together with the managers and staff of the Judicial Offices of the State of Vatican City, around the table of the Eucharist, to usher in the Year of the judiciary in the name of the Lord, said Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Vatican’s Secretary of State. He was speaking on Saturday during the Mass at the inauguration of the Judicial year of the Vatican City.

He said: We want to invoke the divine wisdom on the delicate and important task of the administration of justice. Conveying the greetings of the Pope to the President of the Court, the judges, the Promoter of Justice and the staff of the Registry, Cardinal Bertone said that Pope Benedict XVI follows with careful solicitude their appreciated work.

Reflecting on the day’s gospel, the Cardinal said that the example and witness of John the Baptist are a reminder to the believers to put aside the desire to appear, thus reducing the "self" so that in each of us and in others see the love of Jesus: He is the way, the truth and the life.

He prayed that everyone can fulfill with humility and in truth his service in the administration of justice in favor of our unique community of the State of Vatican City. He invited them to be able to grow in the knowledge that the harmony, justice and peace are not fully accessible without adherence to God and acceptance of His grace.