This year in his Message for Lent, Pope Benedict XVI invites Christians to reflect on charity. “This is a favorable time to renew our journey of faith, both as individuals and as a community, with the help of the word of God and the sacraments. This journey is one marked by prayer and sharing, silence and fasting, in anticipation of the joy of Easter,” the Holy Father states.
Message of the Holy Father for Lent 2012
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Pope Benedict XVI was born Joseph Ratzinger on Holy Saturday, April 16, 1927 in Marktl am Inn, Germany. He is the second non-Italian Pope in over 400 years. |
