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HOLY FATHER ON THE MOUNT OF BEATITUDES A special grace of this pilgrimage was to celebrate Mass on the Mount of the Beatitudes near the Sea of Galilee with a large number of young people from the Holy Land and from all over the world. A moment filled with hope! As I proclaimed and entrusted to young people the Commandments of God and the Beatitudes, I saw in them the future of the Church and the world. (General Audience, March 29) |
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SYNOD OF EUROPEAN BISHOPS, 1999 "...In this Synod I see that the Bishops of Eastern Europe are really integrated, that they bring the enormous wealth of the sufferings of the persecutions and of martyrs... Well, there is great wealth in Europe now with the opening of the Churches of the East. Now that Eastern Europe is united to Western Europe -- together they will be able to respond better to the challenges of the third millennium." (Kiko Argüello to Vatican Radio) |
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MEETING OF THE POPE WITH THE ECCLESIAL MOVEMENTS AND NEW COMMUNITIES - PENTECOST, 1998 "... There is great need for living Christian communities! And here are the movements and the new ecclesial communities: they are the response, given by the Holy Spirit, to this critical challenge at the end of the millennium. You are this providential response..." (Holy Father's Address: May 30, 1998) |
