Vatican
City, 15 February 2013
(VIS) – This morning, in the Hall of Popes, Benedict XVI received
members of the "Pro Petri Sede" Association from the
countries of Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg, which annually
offers economic assistance for the needs of the Holy See.
In
his address, the Holy Father said that the Year of Faith "invites
us to a genuine conversion to our Lord Jesus Christ, the one Saviour
of the world. Accepting the revelation of God's salvific love in our
lives by means of the faith calls our entire existence to be modelled
on the radical newness that Christ's resurrection introduces in the
world. Faith is a living reality that must be constantly discovered
and deepened so that it might grow."
"Faith,"
the Pope concluded, "must guide Christians' gaze and action. It
is a new criterion of understanding and action that changes one's
entire life. As I said in the Apostolic Letter 'Porta fidei', the
Year of Faith is an opportune moment to intensify the witness of
charity: 'Faith without charity bears no fruit, while charity without
faith would be a sentiment constantly at the mercy of doubt. Faith
and charity each require the other, in such a way that each allows
the other to set out along its respective path'. "
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