Saturday, February 14, 2009

Benedict XVI. "May God keep watch over the Vatican State"

"Let us ask the Lord, who firmly guides the fate of the Barque of Peter through the events of history that are not always peaceful, to continue to watch over this small State." Benedict XVI recalled the Vatican City State's 80 years at the end of a concert that included excerpts from Handel's "Messiah." The concert was performed Thursday night in the Paul VI Hall by "Our Lady's Choral Society of Dublin" and the "RTE Concert Orchestra," directed by Maestro Proinnsias O'Duinn. The Holy Father also asked the Lord to assist him, as the Successor of Peter, to faithfully and efficiently carry out his own ministry "at the foundation of unity of the Catholic Church, that has its visible center in the Vatican."

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