Pope Benedict: Before evangelizing, St. Paul encountered Christ!!

The following comes from H2O News via Gloria TV: The relationship between Saint Paul and the Apostles was marked by deep respect, Pope Benedict XVI said during the catechesis of this morning’s General Audience. The importance that St. Paul gives to the living tradition of the Church and transmits to his community, said the Pope, shows the error of those who claim that St. Paul was the inventor of Christianity. Before he began to evangelize, Paul met the Lord on the road to Damascus, he attended the Church, observing the lives of the Twelve and those who followed Christ through the streets of Galilee.

Benedict XVI: "The more we try to trace the footsteps of Jesus of Nazareth through the streets of Galilee, the more we can understand that He was born of our humanity, sharing in everything but sin. Our faith is not born of a myth, nor from a mere idea but rather from an encounter with the Risen One, in the life of the Church."