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Pope Benedict XVI prays inside St Paul's Grotto in Rabat, outside Valletta April 17, 2010. Roman Catholicism has been "wounded by our sins", Pope Benedict said at the start of a two-day visit to Malta, but he avoided directly referring to the sexual abuse scandals sweeping the world's largest Church. The pope visited the grotto where Saint Paul is believed to have stayed when he came to Malta in 60 A.D. , converting the islanders to Christianity.

Pope Benedict XVI prays inside St Paul's Grotto in Rabat, outside Valletta April 17, 2010. Roman Catholicism has been "wounded by our sins", Pope Benedict said at the start of a two-day visit to Malta, but he avoided directly referring to the sexual abuse scandals sweeping the world's largest Church. The pope visited the grotto where Saint Paul is believed to have stayed when he came to Malta in 60 A.D. , converting the islanders to Christianity.

Pope Benedict XVI's motorcade passes through Floriana on its way to the presidential palace in Valletta April 17, 2010. Roman Catholicism has been "wounded by our sins", Pope Benedict said at the start of a two-day visit to Malta, but he avoided directly referring to the sexual abuse scandals sweeping the world's largest Church.

Pope Benedict XVI prays in the Saint Paul church in Rabat, Malta, Saturday, April 17, 2010.


Pope Benedict XVI signs a book after his visit to St Paul's Grotto in Rabat, outside Valletta April 17, 2010. Roman Catholicism has been "wounded by our sins", Pope Benedict said at the start of a two-day visit to Malta, but he avoided directly referring to the sexual abuse scandals sweeping the world's largest Church. The pope visited the grotto where Saint Paul is believed to have stayed when he came to Malta in 60 A.D. , converting the islanders to Christianity.

Il padre francescano che spiegava la diretta su Telepace ha spiegato il motivo dello zucchetto....(o la papalina bianca, quella che vedete nella foto) in sostanza fu Pio XII a dare il via all'usanza dello scambio dello zucchetto fra il Papa e i visitatori illustri, oppure quando il Papa faceva una visita, lasciava il suo e in cambio prendeva quello degli ospitanti... poi il simpatico gesto si è esteso ai fedeli che numerosi lo andavano a visitare, e Pio XII faceva volentieri questo scambio....
Benedetto XVI ha così tolto il suo e preso quest'altro, lasciando il suo appunto, come dono che diventerà naturalmente un oggetto caro ai maltesi o di chi è riuscito, in molte udienze, come tante foto dimostrano, in questo scambio...

Pope Benedict XVI greets children from the balcony of the presidential palace in Valletta April 17, 2010.

A woman waits for the arrival of Pope Benedict XVI on April 17, 2010 outside St Paul church in Rabat during the Pontiff's visit to Malta. Pope Benedict XVI said Saturday the Roman Catholic Church had been wounded by sin as he flew to Malta on his first foreign trip since a wave of priest sex abuse scandals broke in Europe and the United States.

A woman waits for the arrival of Pope Benedict XVI on April 17, 2010 outside St Paul church in Rabat. Pope Benedict XVI said Saturday the Roman Catholic Church had been wounded by sin as he flew to Malta on his first foreign trip since a wave of priest sex abuse scandals broke in Europe and the United States.

People wait for the arrival of Pope Benedict XVI on April 17, 2010 outside St Paul church in Rabat. Pope Benedict XVI said Saturday the Roman Catholic Church had been wounded by sin as he flew to Malta on his first foreign trip since a wave of priest sex abuse scandals broke in Europe and the United States.




Fraternamente CaterinaLD

"Siamo mendicanti e chiediamo agli altri anche le loro idee, come la staffetta della posta che riceve il documento dalle mani di uno e poi corre per darlo ad un altro. Faccio una timida parafrasi delle parole di chi ci ha preceduto nel cammino della fede, per annunciarle ad altri."
(fr. Carlos Alfonso Azpiroz Costa OP
Maestro dell’Ordine)