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Pope Benedict on the Spiritual Battle That Is Lent (1782)
At its core, temptation is always meant to exploit God for some lowly end, the Holy Father explains in his second to last Angelus address Feb. 17.
by ESTEFANIA AGUIRRE/CNA/EWTN NEWS 02/18/2013 Comments (3)
An Italian pilgrim expresses his sentiments to Pope Benedict following the Feb. 17 Angelus in St. Peter's Square.
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VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI used his penultimate Angelus address Feb. 17 to tell the throng of pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square that Lent is a “spiritual battle.”
Lent, he said, “always involves a battle, a spiritual battle, because the spirit of evil naturally opposes our sanctification and seeks to divert us from the way of God.”
Pope Benedict has just 11 days left as spiritual leader of the Church until his almost unprecedented resignation takes effect Feb. 28. More than 35,000 people have registered with the pontifical household to officially bid him farewell.
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