POPE ATTENDS FIRST LENTEN SERMON

VATICAN CITY, MAR 1, 2002 (VIS) - This morning at 9 a.m. in the Vatican's "Redemptoris Mater" Chapel, in the presence of the Pope, Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa O.F.M. Cap., preacher of the Pontifical Household, gave the first sermon of Lent. The topic of the meditations is "Starting Afresh from Christ". The other three sermons will take place on March 8, 15 and 22.

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