LOOKING IN ON THE POPE
AT CASTEL GANDOLFO
The Vatican today released a brief video showing the Holy Father in Castel Gandolfo.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nig8Tz21pU&feature=player_embedded
Here are some videocaps:
The baseball cap is back:
CTV releases videoclip
from Castel Gandolfo
by Salvatore Izzo
CASTEL GANDOLFO, July 23 (Trasnlated from AGI) - The Centro Televisivo Vaticano today released a video clip of the Pope in Castel Gandolfo showing him in his study and on a walk through the gardens with his secretary, Mons. Georg Gaenswein,
Vatican spokesman Fr. Federico Lombardi said, "Benedict XVI already appears recharged, and has dedicated himself to reading and study which are demanding but not tiring for him".
In particular, Lombardi said, "He has started to work on the third volume of his major work on Jesus. Earlier this year, he submitted the manuscript for the second volume on the Passion and the REsurrection to the publishers, who are now working on translations and expect to publish it by spring next year. The third and last volume will be dedicated to the Gospels of Jesus's youth."
"Besides the new book, he has also been reviewing the material for the next volume to be published of his Opera Omnia (Complete Works), a project begun several years ago and which he very much wants to complete".
[It goes without saying that the Holy Father would also be working on his discourses for the trip to Carpineto on Sept. 5 to mark the bicentennial of Pope Leo XIII's birth, to the United Kingdom in September, and to Spain in November.
P.S. Mea culpa!, it seems Fr. Lombardi said all that in his weekly editorial which I failed to check out before translating the AGI report:]
The Pope's vacation
July 23, 2010
Days ago the Pope began working on the third volume of his great work on Jesus. The manuscript for the second volume, dedicated to the Passion and Resurrection, was handed in for publishing some months ago. Currently we are preparing the translations and editions in different languages, which are expected to arrive in bookstores next spring. Now Benedict XVI has put his hand to the third and last part, devoted to the "Infancy narratives" in the Gospel.
As the faithful can see for themselves at the Sunday Angelus, after a few days at Castel Gandolfo, Benedict XVI already appears refreshed and smiling.
[Not that he was ever unsmiling before he started his vacation, Fr. Lombardi!]
He immediately began to devote himself to reading and study, which although demanding, is not tiring. And now - as I mentioned – he has started working towards the completion of his work on Jesus. It is clear that it is particularly important for him to bring this great project, which he first began years ago, to a conclusion.
In the Preface to the first volume, the Pope recalled that he started to work "during the summer of 2003”, that he gave final form to the first four chapters in August 2004, and he continues: "After my election as Bishops of Rome, I used all my free time to pursue the book".
Many interventions at the Synod of Bishops on the Word of God highlighted the crucial importance of the Pope's book as a model for a theological and spiritual reading of the Gospels, as a guide for believers to meet - through the Gospels - the person of Jesus.
As the Pope himself affirms, "the real Jesus, the historical Jesus in the proper sense". He helps us to encounter Jesus!
We are at the heart of the service of St Peter’s Successor to the Church and men of all time. This is what Benedict XVI has dedicated his "vacation time" to.
[Modificato da TERESA BENEDETTA 23/07/2010 22:25]