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At the Angelus the Pope recalls that the cross does not mean defeat

The human being in God's loving plan

On Sunday, 28 August, the Holy Father introduced the recitation of the Angelus with the faithful at Castel Gandolfo with a meditation on the divergence between the Father's loving plan and our human projects, which are geared solely to social and financial success. The following is a translation of the Pope's Reflection, which was given in Italian.

(©L'Osservatore Romano - 31 August 2011)

Called to bring the light of God's face to others

The Holy Father introduced Mass on Sunday, 28 August, at the chapel of the Mariapoli Centre in the Alban Hills, with an invitation to his former students, members of the "Ratzinger Schülekreis" to ask forgiveness because we who have been acquainted with him from our youth "bring so little of the light of his face to others". Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, Archbishop of Vienna, gave the homily. The Eucharistic celebration concluded the Pope's annual meeting (this year 2011, 25-28 August) with the members of the sodality.

Leading us out of the desert
into the life of Christ

"I have decided to proclaim a Year of Faith" which will begin on 11 October 2012 and end on 24 November 2013. The Holy Father made this special announcement on Sunday morning, 16 October, in St Peter's Basilica, at the Mass he celebrated to conclude the first International meeting organized by the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization. The following is a translation of the Pope's Homily, which was given in Italian.

Leading us out of the desert into the life of Christ

Leading us out of the desert
into the life of Christ