Media > Pope: Gods heart trembles with compassion

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Tags: God, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Pope, Benedict, XVI, Vatican, Holy See, Catholic Church, Christianity

Description: Pope Benedict inaugurated the year of the Priesthood on Friday by urging priests to let themselves be fully conquered by Christ in order to be ministers at the service of the gospel. He said what is needed is the science of love that one only learns in a heart to heart with Jesus, who died on the cross for mankind. Speaking on the solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, the Pope recalled how God trembles with compassion for his creatures and pointed to St. John Maria Vianney, the Curè of Ars, as a model for all priests especially as we mark the 150th anniversary of his death. Pope Benedict noted the sins committed by some pastors of the church, who either lead their flock astray with the ... Less

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