Benedict XVI in the UK: The Speeches Archives - Catholic Bishops' Conference

Pope Benedict XVI bids farewell to the UK

steve — Sat, 19 Sep 2020 17:50:00 +0000

Concluding his historic visit to the UK at Birmingham International Airport, Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Cardinal John Henry Newman’s beatification and heralded a man who “still has much to teach us about Christian living and witness amid the challenges of today’s world.” “Naturally, my visit was directed in a special way to the Catholics of […]

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Prime Minister Cameron thanks Pope Benedict XVI for visiting the UK

steve — Sat, 19 Sep 2020 17:15:00 +0000

Then-Prime Minister David Cameron thanks Pope Benedict XVI for making an historic State Visit to Britain. “You have spoken to a nation of six million Catholics but you have been heard by a nation of more than 60 million citizens and by many millions more all around the world.” Recorded on Sunday, 19 September 2010.

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Benedict XVI speaks to the Bishops of England, Wales and Scotland

steve — Sat, 19 Sep 2020 16:00:00 +0000

Addressing the bishops of England, Wales and Scotland in the Seminary Chapel of St Mary’s College, Oscott, Pope Benedict XVI warmly thanked them for their hospitality over the four days of his visit. He concluded by imparting his Apostolic Blessing to the bishops, clergy, religious and lay faithful of England, Scotland and Wales. Recorded on […]

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Archbishop Nichols addresses Pope Benedict XVI at Oscott College

steve — Sat, 19 Sep 2020 15:50:00 +0000

Having made Cardinal John Henry Newman a “Blessed” that very morning in Cofton Park, Benedict XVI met with the Bishops of England, Scotland and Wales in the Seminary Chapel of St Mary’s College, Oscott. St Mary’s, often called Oscott College, is the seminary of the Archdiocese of Birmingham and serves the Catholic Church in England, […]

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Pope Benedict XVI declares John Henry Newman “Blessed”

steve — Sat, 19 Sep 2020 09:30:00 +0000

The Archbishop of Birmingham, the Most Reverend Bernard Longley, makes the humble request that Pope Benedict XVI beatifies Cardinal John Henry Newman to make him a ‘Blessed’. “It is right and fitting that we should recognise the holiness of a confessor, a son of this nation who, while not called to shed his blood for […]

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Pope Benedict addresses 80,000 pilgrims at a vigil in Hyde Park

steve — Fri, 18 Sep 2020 17:30:00 +0000

Pope Benedict XVI led a moving vigil of prayer and Benediction in London’s Hyde Park with over 80,000 pilgrims in attendance. The media at the time described it as “Glastonbury with God”. “Without the life of prayer, without the interior transformation which takes place through the grace of the sacraments, we cannot, in Newman’s words, […]

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Pope Benedict addresses the elderly at St Peter’s Residence in Vauxhall

steve — Fri, 18 Sep 2020 16:10:00 +0000

As an 83-year-old man at the time of his visit to the UK in 2010, Pope Benedict XVI clearly felt a particular affinity with the residents of St Peter’s in Vauxhall. He visited the residential home ahead of an evening vigil in London’s Hyde Park. “Every generation can learn from the experience and wisdom of […]

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Pope Benedict XVI greets the people of Wales

steve — Fri, 18 Sep 2020 10:50:00 +0000

Despite not physically visiting the wonderful country of Wales as his predecessor John Paul II had in 1982, the country and her people were clearly close to Benedict XVI’s heart. “Through the ages the Welsh people have been distinguished for their devotion to the Mother of God; this is evidenced by the innumerable places in […]

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Bishop Regan greets Benedict XVI on behalf of the people of Wales

steve — Fri, 18 Sep 2020 10:40:00 +0000

Bishop Edwin Regan, then Bishop of Wrexham and a fluent Welsh speaker, welcomed Pope Benedict XVI on behalf of the faithful of Wales. He spoke in both his mother tongue and in English. “On behalf of the Catholics of Wales, and of Wales itself, I am immensely privileged to offer you our most sincere sentiments […]

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Benedict XVI greets the youth of England, Wales and Scotland

steve — Fri, 18 Sep 2020 10:20:00 +0000

In his message to 2,500 young people gathered in piazza in front of Westminster Cathedral, Pope Benedict XVI encouraged the young Catholics of England, Wales and Scotland to consider their definite purpose. “I ask each of you first and foremost to look into your own heart, think of all the love that your heart was […]

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