Pope Benedict recalls the memory of John Paul II

April 4, 2011. Pope Benedict remembered his predecessor and friend John Paul II at the Sunday Angelus, as the weekend marked the sixth anniversary of his death. Benedict XVI “I remember him in prayer with affection as I think of you all. While we journey through [...]
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Pope receives cross of ashes on forehead for Lent

Benedict XVI celebrated Ash Wednesday in Rome's Basilica de Santa Sabina. During the ceremony, Cardinal Jozef Tomko from Slovakia placed the ashes on his forehead.
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What is Lent?

Lent is the 40 days before Easter during which Christians prepare for the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Jesus. It's meant to remember the 40 days Jesus spent in the desert preparing himself for public preaching. It begins on Ash Wednesday, when a priest places ashes [...]
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Music For Lent

Pieces of sacred and classical music in Mp3 performed by teachers and students of the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music of Rome: Miserere nostri, De profundis, Domine convertere, Quis dabit, Exsurge quare obdormis, Domine, ed altri Lent formulary • Introitus: Tibi dixit (Graduale Romanum) Time: 2:17 - 3.230 [...]
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Hymns For The Celebrations Of The Lent

Pieces of sacred and classical music in Mp3 prepared by the Office of Papal Liturgical Celebrations : M'invocherà e Io l'esaudirò, Signore, Mostrami il tuo volto, Se tu conoscessi il dono di Dio, Rallegrati, O Sion, In voi porrò il mio Spirito, and other Pontifical Musical [...]
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The sense of Lent

The text of the pope's message for Lent 2011, which begins March 9 for Latin-rite Catholics, was released at a Vatican news conference Feb. 22. MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI FOR LENT 2011 “You were buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised [...]
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Benedict XVI's Angelus prayer "Lent is a time for conversion"

Benedict XVI remembered the victims of the violent storm Xynthia that hit western France leaving 52 people dead. Benedict XVI's Angelus prayer "Lent is a time for conversion"
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Lent: path of conversion

In the general audience on Ash Wednesday, recalling the words “Convert and Believe in the Gospel”, Pope Benedict XVI said that conversion means following Christ, going against the current when the current is a superficial way of life. The imposition of ashes is an invitation to [...]
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Lent: a new conversion

- "The conversion of the Children of God", a homily first given on March 2, 1952, First Sunday of Lent. Download TEXT (PDF) Lent should suggest to us these basic questions: Am I advancing in my faithfulness to Christ, in my desire for holiness, in a [...]
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