Saturday, September 15, 2012

The Holy Father in Lebanon Sept. 14-16



From Across the Middle East, the young people came
Today, ‎September ‎15, ‎2012, ‏‎1:28:11 PM
(Vatican Radio ) Tracey McClure reports from Beirut on Pope Benedict XVI's open air encounter with young people which took place in the square outside the Maronite Patriarchal residence on the evening of Saturday 15th September. Listen: It was a party atmosphere that greeted Pope Benedict with song and a rainbow of colors in choreographed dance. With a gigantic rosary made of blue and yellow balloons floating across the sky under the sign of Our Lady, the square outside the Maronite Patriarchal residence was full to brimming with young people from across Lebanon. So full that the Lebanese themselves were surprised – many were waiting to see what the security situation would be like before deciding to come. Some didn’t care about that at all, crossing over the border from war-torn Syria – one young girl saying she hadn’t fled the country but come here on purpose to bring the Holy Father’s prayers for peace back to her suffering home. And they came too from the Holy land, Syria, Iraq, Kurdistan, Jordan, Europe, the Americas and Australia – from across every continent to celebrate the peace that Pope Benedict wants to share in a suffering world.
 
 
 

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