POPE ATTENDS A SERMON ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF FASTING

VATICAN CITY, DEC 14, 2001 (VIS) - At 9 a.m. today, in the Vatican's "Redemptoris Mater" chapel, the Pope attended the second sermon of Advent, delivered by Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa O.F.M. Cap., preacher of the papal household. In keeping with the Holy Father's wish to dedicate this day to fasting and prayer for peace in the world, the theme of the sermon was: "Return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping and with mourning," taken from a phrase in the Book of Joel.

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