Pope links apostles, Marian devotion
June 29, 2015
In his Angelus address delivered in St. Peter’s Square on June 29, the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Pope Francis recalled that the two saints came from distant lands to proclaim the Gospel in Rome and that they remain examples of faith and charity today.
St. Peter, the Pope recalled, knew the Blessed Virgin Mary and conversed with her before Pentecost, and St. Paul spoke of the Virgin in his Letter to the Galatians.
“In the evangelization of the two Apostles here in Rome, there are also the roots of the deep and age-old devotion of the Romans to the Virgin, invoked especially as Salus Populi Romani,” Pope Francis said.
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Further information:
- Le parole del Papa alla recita dell’Angelus, 29.06.2015 (Holy See Press Office)
- Pope Francis at Angelus: prayers for Latin America trip (Vatican Radio)
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