Sunday, May 27, 2012

[video] Holy Father Announces Two New Doctors of the Church

"The Holy Spirit, breaking into history, overcomes dryness, opens hearts to hope, and stimulates and fosters in us an inner maturity in the relationship with God and with our neighbor." These were the words of Pope Benedict XVI at today's Regina Coeli. Before the Marian prayer, the Pope announced the proclamation - on October 7th, at the beginning of the Assembly of the Synod of Bishops - of two new Doctors of the Universal Church: St. John of Avila and St. Hildegard of Bingen. These two great witnesses of faith lived in different historical periods and cultural settings. St. Hildegard was a Benedictine nun in the heart of the German Middle Ages, a true master of theology and a profound scholar of nat ... More


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