AUDIENCE FOR PILGRIMS WHO ATTENDED BEATIFICATIONS

VATICAN CITY, NOV 5, 2001 (VIS) - John Paul II received this morning in St. Peter's Square the pilgrims who participated yesterday in the beatification of Servants of God Pavol Peter Gojdic, Metod Dominik Trcka, Giovanni Antonio Farina, Bartolomeu Fernandes dos Martires, Luigi Tezza, Paolo Manna, Gaetana Sterni, and Maria Pilar Izquierdo Albero.

The Holy Father said that the teachings and testimonies of charity of the eight new Blesseds - two Slovakians, four Italians, one Portuguese, and one Spanish - "should urge us to find the faith and courage to follow the difficult and exalting journey towards sanctity, 'high standard of ordinary Christian living'."

"We address our prayer to the Lord," John Paul II concluded, "to implore for us as well the same faith, the same courage and the same dedication which made these eight new Blesseds great."

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