Wednesday, February 19, 2014

THE POPE: PRAY FOR THE PETRINE MINISTRY ON THE FEAST OF THE CHAIR OF ST. PETER


Vatican City, 19 February 2014 (VIS) – In his greetings in various languages, the Pope reminded the Polish pilgrims present at today's general audience that next Saturday will be the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter the Apostle, “a day of special communion for believers with Peter's Successor and with the Holy See”. “I give thanks to you all for your prayers for my Petrine ministry, and for the witness of life given in Christ for the edification of the ecclesial community.

He also greeted the participants in the symposium “Sacrosanctum Concilium, gratitude and commitment, for a great movement of ecclesial communion”, accompanied by Cardinal Antonio Canizares Llovera, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, and those attending the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Academy for Life, which is celebrating the twentieth anniversary of its foundation; he encouraged them to “continue in their valuable work in the service of the Gospel of life”.

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