Papal Message | Priests are conduits of Christ’s salvation
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VATICAN CITY — Despite their human weaknesses, priests bring the saving power of Christ to the faithful through the sacraments and the word of God, Pope Benedict XVI said.
“The Eucharist is an extraordinary gift of love that God continually renews in us to nourish our journey of faith, reinvigorate our hope and arouse our sense of charity in order to become ever more like Him,” he said during his weekly general audience Nov. 24.
In his catechesis, the pope described the life of the 14th-century doctor of the church, St. Catherine of Siena, a Dominican and a “woman of great holiness.”
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