Benedict XVI: Christ’s work always progresses
In his Angelus reflections this Sunday before 4 thousand faithful gathered in the courtyard of his summer residence, Pope Benedict spoke of St. Bonaventure, St. Francis’s successor, remembered by the Church on July 15. Francis, he said, put into practice the message of this Sunday’s Gospel in which St. Mark narrates the first sending forth of the apostles by Jesus. He sent them out two by two, taking nothing more than a stick, a tunic and sandals. Thus Francis became a faithful witness of Jesus and was transformed into “another Christ”. “All history is centered on Christ”, concluded Pope Benedict. “In Jesus, God has spoken and given everything, but because He is an inexhaustible treasure, the Holy …
