From Pope Benedict's address in his visit to the Holy Sepulchre, May 15, 2009, as posted on the Rorate Caeli blog:
Saint John’s Gospel has left us an evocative account of the visit of Peter and the Beloved Disciple to the empty tomb on Easter morning. Today, at a distance of some twenty centuries, Peter’s Successor, the Bishop of Rome, stands before that same empty tomb and contemplates the mystery of the Resurrection.
Following in the footsteps of the Apostle, I wish to proclaim anew, to the men and women of our time, the Church’s firm faith that Jesus Christ “was crucified, died and was buried”, and that “on the third day he rose from the dead”. Exalted at the right hand of the Father, he has sent us his Spirit for the forgiveness of sins. Apart from him, whom God has made Lord and Christ, “there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we are to be saved” (Acts 4:12).
WOW!!
Can you believe it? He actually said it in a clear way without the ecumenical mumbo-jumbo. Deo Gratias, alleuia, alleuia!!!!!
And just this past week some rabbis were publicly demanding that the pope say conversion to Christ isn't necessary. They have their reply.
Yeah, and it was the opposite of what they wanted. In other words, deny Him and lose your soul. Don't you love it when Popes actually proclaim the REAL Faith as it has been said since day one?
Positively Papal! A great grace. "But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and thou, being once converted, confirm thy brethren."
Pray that the word gets to Abp. Dolan, the new Judiazer of NY (from Whispers in the Loggia):
"Not even a month into tenth archbishop's tenure, the gathering followed up Dolan's presence at an interfaith seder for Passover sponsored by the Anti-Defamation League and well-received remarks at the city's annual service for Holocaust Remembrance Day."