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"I Renew this Call to the New Generation to Give Witness"
VATICAN CITY, MARCH 14, 2010 (Zenit.org).- Here is a translation of the public address Benedict XVI gave today after the celebration of Palm Sunday Mass and before praying the midday Angelus with the pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square.
As we conclude this celebration our thoughts cannot but turn to the Palm Sunday of 25 years ago. It was 1985 that the United Nations declared the as “Year of Young People.” Venerable John Paul II wanted to welcome that occasion and, commemorating Christ’s entrance into Jerusalem, acclaimed by his disciples, initiated the World Youth Days. Since then Palm Sunday has acquired this characteristic that every two or three years it is also marked by great global meetings, tracing a kind of pilgrimage of young people across the whole planet, following Jesus.
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VATICAN CITY, MARCH 14, 2010 (Zenit.org).- Here is a translation of the public address Benedict XVI gave today after the celebration of Palm Sunday Mass and before praying the midday Angelus with the pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square.
As we conclude this celebration our thoughts cannot but turn to the Palm Sunday of 25 years ago. It was 1985 that the United Nations declared the as “Year of Young People.” Venerable John Paul II wanted to welcome that occasion and, commemorating Christ’s entrance into Jerusalem, acclaimed by his disciples, initiated the World Youth Days. Since then Palm Sunday has acquired this characteristic that every two or three years it is also marked by great global meetings, tracing a kind of pilgrimage of young people across the whole planet, following Jesus.
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