Benedict XVI: Be true disciples of Christ

A man rigorously ascetic with himself, a man of a serene and mild nature with a special aptitude to meditate -- with these expressions Benedict XVI summarized the figure of Peter the Venerable, to whom he dedicated the General Audience catechesis on Wednesday, October 14th.Peter, the Abbot of Cluny, who lived in the 12th century, is an example for Christians in our own time, with its frenetic pace of life in which episodes of intolerance and lack of communication, of division and conflict are not infrequent.Even though he had to maneuver himself between the powers and lords that surrounded him, Peter the Venerable, succeeded -- thanks to his magnanimity and realism -- in preserving his usual s ...

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