(Vatican
Radio) – A host of cardinals, bishops, priests, religious and lay people drawn
from throughout the Universal Church gathered around Pope Benedict XVI Sunday
morning as he declared the Thirteenth Synod of Bishops on the New
Evangelisation, officially open. Emer McCarthy reports
Listen:Green was the liturgical colour and the concelebrating Synod fathers took their places at the foot of the altar before the façade of St Peter’s Basilica, as Pope Benedict XVI outlined his vision and hopes for the important task ahead of them in the next three weeks: helping people to rediscover faith in Jesus Christ.
In his homily, he said “in every time and place, evangelization always has as its starting and finishing points Jesus Christ, the Son of God (cf. Mk 1:1); and the Crucifix is the ...»