Thursday, Sept. 10
ST. TOMAS DE VILLANUEVA [Thomas of Villanova]
(Spain, 1488-1455)
Augustinian, Bishop and Confessor
(Familiar to many of us as
the patron saint of Castel Gandolfo)
OR today.
Illustration: San Pier Damiani at the foot of the steps with contemplative souls ascending and descending. From a 15th-cent manuscript of Dante's Divina Commedia.
At the General Audience, the Pope speaks of San Pier Damiani's work for the renewal of the Church:
'No compromise with evil on the path to holiness'
Photo shows the Holy Father greeting Mme. Asha-Rose Migiro, deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations at a private audience yesterday. Other Page 1 stories: US loses perennial #1 ranking in economic competitiveness to Switzerland, according to World Economic Forum, indicating fundamental problems in the US financial system; and an update on the Afghan situation. In the inside pages, two articles on Benedict XVI's meeting with contemporary artists on Nov. 21 in the Sistine Chapel to renew the alliance between faith and art that characterized the pre-modern centuries of the Church.
THE POPE'S DAY
The Holy Father met today at the Apostolic Palace in Castel Gandolfo with
- Bishops of Brazil (Northeast Sector 2) on ad limina visit
- Organizers of the Holy See pavilion at the International Expo 2008 held in Zaragoza, Spain, last year.
[The theme of the Expo was "Water and sustainable development".] Address in Spanish.
At the Vatican, a news briefing was held today by Mons. Gianfranco Ravasi, president of the Pontifical Council
on Culture, and Antonio Paolucci, director of the Vatican Museums, on the Nov, 21 meeting between Benedict XVI
and contemporary artists, the first such meeting since one held by Paul VI 45 years ago.
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