For each one of you, as for the apostles, the encounter with the divin…

Pope Benedict XVI
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For each one of you, as for the apostles, the encounter with the divine Teacher who calls you friends may be the beginning of an extraordinary venture: that of becoming apostles among your contemporaries to lead them to live their own experience of friendship with God, made Man, with God who has made himself my friend. ✨ Address to the participants of the international congress «UNIV 2006», w2.vatican.va. April 10, 2006.
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