On this Third Sunday of Lent, Benedict XVI invited all to conversion. The occasion for this invitation by the Pope was a visit to the Roman parish of St. John of the Cross. The young community, founded in 1989, and strongly rooted in the Word of God have spent the last twelve years of parish life in temporary premises. Today, with the construction of a new complex complete, the community welcomed…

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The program for the Church of the Third Millennium “focuses on Christ himself, to know, to love and to imitate”, so as to transform history with Him, until its fulfillment in the heavenly Jerusalem. Thus, quoting the letter “Tertio Millennio Ineunte of his predecessor John Paul II, Benedict XVI recalled the true ideal for all Christians. Before 8 thousand faithful in the Paul VI Hall, the Pope pre…

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