VATICAN CITY, MAY 13, 2006 (VIS) - In the Vatican's Hall of Blessings at midday today, Benedict XVI received 500 participants in the pilgrimage of the "Bayerische Gebirgsschutzen," [Bavarian Alpine Corps] whom he invited to "remain firm in your faithfulness to the Christian values that represent the particular foundations of Bavaria."
"With the annual celebration of the day in honor of the Patroness of Bavaria, the Virgin Mary, on the first Sunday in May," Pope Benedict said, "you place yourselves under the protection of the great Patroness of our common homeland, but also at her service. You no longer have the duty, as in centuries past, to defend the country from foreign enemies, yet today there are dangers that are even greater, perhaps because thy are not recognized as such."
AC/PATRONESS:BAVARIA/... VIS 20060515 (140)
"With the annual celebration of the day in honor of the Patroness of Bavaria, the Virgin Mary, on the first Sunday in May," Pope Benedict said, "you place yourselves under the protection of the great Patroness of our common homeland, but also at her service. You no longer have the duty, as in centuries past, to defend the country from foreign enemies, yet today there are dangers that are even greater, perhaps because thy are not recognized as such."
AC/PATRONESS:BAVARIA/... VIS 20060515 (140)
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