AURONZO DI CADORE, Italy, JULY 27, 2007 (Zenit.org).- Catholic families that are nourished and penetrated by faith are particularly beautiful proclamations of the Gospel today, says Benedict XVI.
The Pope said this Tuesday during a question-and-answer session with 400 priests of the dioceses of Belluno-Feltre and Treviso, in the Church of St. Justina Martyr in Auronzo di Cadore, near Lorenzago di Cadore, where he spent his vacation, which ends today.
"Christianity is not a complicated package of many dogmas, so that no can know them all; it is not something exclusively for academicians, who can study these things, but rather it is something simple: God is, and God is near in Jesus Christ," the Holy Father said. "Bringing God to others implies above all, on one hand, love, and on the other, hope and faith.
"Therefore the dimension of everyday life, the best witness for Christ, and the best proclamation is always the life of true Christians."
The Pontiff particularly praised the example of Catholic families.
"If we see families nourished by faith, how they live in joy, how they live suffering in a deep and underlying joy, how they help others, loving God and their neighbor, this seems to me to be the most beautiful proclamation today," he said. "For me, the most comforting proclamation is always that of seeing Catholic families and Catholic indivi
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