Pope notes that 'burning faith' of St. Boniface brought faith to Germany
March 11, 2009
At his regular weekly public audience on March 11, Pope Benedict XVI spoke about the legacy of St. Boniface, "apostle of the Germans." After a first failed effort to bring the Gospel to the pagans of the region, St. Boniface consulted with the Pope, received his blessing for a new effort, and achieved tremendous success before he finally met martyrdom in June 754. The Pope remarked that two lessons can be drawn from the great saint's life: "the central importance of the Word of God," and the value of "faithful communion with the Apostolic See." The Holy Father contrasted the saint's "burning faith" with the approach taken by too many Catholics today: "often lukewarm and bureaucratized."
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