They never listened to him.
Benedict XV
I hate to be so pessimistic, but the world rejected the Papal Peace proposed by Pope Benedict XV and continued with WWI, so will anyone listen to Pope Benedict XVI in these challenging times? In his recent Angelus address, the Holy Father made this plea:
“Recent tensions on the international scene are a cause for lively concern, says Benedict XVI.
“We must note, with bitterness, the threat of a progressive deterioration in the climate of confidence and cooperation that should characterize relations between nations,” the Pontiff said.
“We must deepen the awareness of being united by a common destiny, that, in the final analysis, is a transcendent destiny, to avert the return to nationalistic conflicts that in other historical periods have had such tragic consequences,” the Bishop of Rome continued. “The recent events have weakened the confidence in many that such experiences had been consigned to the past.” - Benedict XVI Laments Growing World Tensions
August 28th, 2008 at 7:27 am
Good vs evil.
We’re in the Church Militant—keep up the rosaries, hope in God alone.
August 28th, 2008 at 8:36 am
We’d be very glad if you could (a) post about the new blog and (b) link to it.
http://www.catholicheritage.blogspot.com
In particular, we’d be glad if you could bring to the attention of your readers the news that there will be a Traditional Latin Mass for the Holy Year of St. Paul in St. Paul’s Church, Emo, Co. Laois, Ireland, on Saturday, 30th August, 2008, for which the Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin has granted, under the usual conditions, the Plenary Indulgence for the Pauline Holy Year.
http://catholicheritage.blogspot.com/2008/08/feast-of-saint- philip-benizi.html
Another post that might be interested is a report of our recent walking pilgrimage for vocations:
http://catholicheritage.blogspot.com/2008/07/report-on-walki ng-pilgrimage.html
God bless you!
St. Conleth’s Catholic Heritage Association