May 31
Pentecost Sunday; and
Feast of Mary's Visitation to Elizabeth
OR today.
In an encounter with children of the Pontifical Work for Missionary Children,
Benedict XVI recounts his childhood:
'A naive boy who never thought to become Pope'
Other Page 1 stories: The Pope's meeting with the President of the Czech Republic; an essay on Pentecost in the Byzantine tradition ('the Spirit that made theologians out of fishermen'); and the US warns North Korea about its persistence in nuclear arms testing, as China asks Pyongyang to start denuclearization!
THE POPE'S DAY
Pentecost Mass at St. Peter's Basilica, followed by the Regina caeli.
[Modificato da TERESA BENEDETTA 31/05/2009 20:59]