Daily Breakfast 474 - Breakfast with the Pope
Today, we have breakfast with Pope Benedict XVI!
Links:
- Zenit: Benedict XVI says he felt Church’s support in US
- 6th Professional Seminar for Church Communications Offices
- Catholic New Media Celebration
Text of the English summary of the Pope’s address on Wednesday, April 30, 2008.
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
My recent Apostolic Journey to the United Nations and the United States of America was inspired by the theme, “Christ our Hope”. I am most grateful to all who helped in any way to make the Journey a success. My visit was meant to encourage the Catholic community in America, especially our young people, to bear consistent witness to the faith, and to carry on the Church’s mission, especially with regard to education and concern for the poor. American society traditionally values religious freedom and the need for faith to play its part in building a sound civic life. In my meetings with President Bush, and with Christian leaders and representatives of other religions, I reaffirmed the Church’s commitment to cooperation in the service of understanding, peace and spiritual values. My address to the United Nations stressed the importance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which grounds respect for human dignity in a universally valid ethical order. In a particular way, my visit to Ground Zero, charged with sober silence and prayer, was a moving testimony to the hope which is stronger than evil and death. I ask all of you to join me in praying that this Visit will bear abundant spiritual fruit for the growth of the faith in America and for the unity and peace of the whole human family.
I offer a warm welcome to the participants in the third Christian-Buddhist Symposium, meeting in Castel Gandolfo during these days. Upon all of you and upon the English-speaking pilgrims from England, Ireland, Scandinavia, Malta, South Africa, Korea, Thailand, Canada and the United States, I cordially invoke the joy and peace of the Risen Christ.
Ghaaaa! I thought you actually had a 1 on 1 breakfast with the Pope! That would have been awesome and well deserved, still awesome work again to bring us the words of Pope Benedict XVI! Better to get a good speech then the 5 sec soundbite normally offered by the media.
Thanks, Fr. Roderick! I really appreciated the translation from Italian. That was great!!!
Breakfast with the Pope. How cool is that!!!
Thank-You Father Roderick! This may be one of your best shows yet. You did a superb job on translating the highlights of the Pope’s message for us.
I also got a sense of the ambience with your descriptions and the cheers from the crowd as the various different groups were being recognized.
I think the Vatican should invite you for more frequent visits so you can more fully utilize and share your gifts for communication.
Wow, it was just like being there, having you next to me to translate! What an awesome show!
Yes, this kind of shows is exactly what I love so much about podcasting.
I could watch every General Audience on each Wednesday on EWTN. But I don’t do that very often. Why? It seems to be so far away. I cannot connect to it via TV. Don’t ask me why…
But with these episodes I can connect, may it be the wonderful episodes of the Catholic Insider podcast in 2005 or this Daily Breakfast episode from last Wednesday’s General Audience. I am there. At St. Peter’s Square.
If only there was a podcaster in Rome, who would do shows like that on a weekly basis!
It would be amazing. I love it! 
Thanks so much for the incredible Wednesday audience with Pope Benedict. I’ve attended it twice in the last 6 years or so. I loved hearing the various groups give their shout outs as the Pope acknowledged their attendance. Well done! Peace :)>+
What a treat to hear people from my part of the world shouting, “Holy Father, We Love You!”
What a nice “you are there” coverage throwback to the original catholic insider podcast. As an original listener from the first of those I really appreciate these soundseeing tours.
By the way the movie Iron Man which is getting great reviews and which will have a sequel is getting the 2nd Biggest Opening Weekend of all time boxoffice of over 104 Million domestic and over 200 million worldwide! :
http://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2492&p=.htm
Note: These are close estimates. The actual boxoffice comes out Monday.