VATICAN CITY, OCT 11, 2005 (VIS) - Today in the Holy See Press Office, Cardinal Camillo Ruini, president of the Italian Episcopal Conference, and Archbishop Stanislaw Rylko, president of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, presented the book "La Rivoluzione di Dio" (The Revolution of God). The volume has been published by the Vatican Publishing House and the St. Paul Publishing House and is a collection of the discourses pronounced by Benedict XVI in August 2005 during World Youth Day in Cologne, Germany. It also contains the text of the general audience of August 24, during which the Pope explained the legacy of World Youth Day.
"In his addresses," said Archbishop Rylko, "the Pope supplied important elements for a precise pastoral program which draws inspiration from the exemplary spiritual adventure of the Magi. It is a program constructed around three key words: seek, find and adore Christ, the Redeemer of mankind. For this reason, the book we are presenting is not a 'souvenir volume.' ... It is, above all, a manual, a guide to be frequently consulted in search of precious stimuli to consolidate one's faith and learn how to announce Christ in the world today."
For his part, Cardinal Ruini, who also wrote the introduction to the book, briefly summarized the contents of the Pope's twelve discourses, highlighting the fact that "this book is, above all, one of prayer, just as prayer and adoration of the Eucharistic Christ were the dominant themes of 20th World Youth Day. From this book, as from that Day, what shines forth is joy for the beauty of faith, and for the beauty of Christ and of life in Christ."
OP/PRESENTATION POPE'S BOOK/RYLKO:RUINI VIS 20051011 (290)
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