L'OSSERVATORE ROMANO WEEKLY EDITION
IN ENGLISH
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Forty-third year, number 14 (2139), Wednesday, 7 April 2010
Vatican City
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Benedict XVI remembers suffering peoples worldwide in his traditional ‘Urbi et Orbi’ Message
The Resurrection opened history to the future
Chrism Mass SEE PAGE 3
Lord's Supper SEE PAGE 4
Way of the Cross “Easter is the true salvation of humanity!”, Benedict XVI said in his traditional Message and Blessing “Urbi et Orbi”. If Christ “had not poured out his blood for us, we would be without hope”, he continued. “But Easter has reversed that trend: Christ's resurrection... is an event that has profoundly changed the course of history, tipping the scales once and for all on
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the side of good, of life, of pardon”. During this Message – which he delivered to the rain-soaked crowd gathered in St Peter's Square for Easter Sunday Mass – the Pope remembered many of the peoples across the world currently undergoing great suffering, such as the Christian communities in Iraq, the people of Haiti and of Chile, and those caught amid the con-
General Audience Catechesis
flicts in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea and Nigeria, among others. Also featured this week are the Holy Father's Reflection prior to the Regina Caeli at Castel Gandolfo on 5 April and Cardinal Angelo Sodano's address to the Pope before Easter Sunday Mass.
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Confronting child abuse
The days that direct our lives
Support for the Pope
On Wednesday, 31 March, at the General Audience the Holy Father reflected on the celebration of the Easter Triduum and the Liturgies of these days that “invite us to ponder Christ's saving sacrifice and his promise of new life”.
Mainstream media coverage of child abuse in the Church has sparked responses worldwide, with many declaring their support for the Holy Father's leadership concerning these cases.
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Easter Vigil SEE PAGE 7