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Forty-third year, number 13 (2138), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 Vatican City Price ; 1.00. Back issues ; 2.00

Benedict XVI's General Audience Catechesis

Nature is a book written by GodAt the General Audience on Wednesday, 24 March, the Pope con-tinued his discussion of Christian culture in the Middle Ages, com-menting on St Albert the Great. He explained how St Albert's in-tense relationship with God helped him overcome life's difficulties.

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Appeal to those responsible for Jerusalem's future

Setting out courageouslyon the path of peace

Palm Sunday Mass with the celebration of the 25th World Youth Day in St Peter's Square, 28 March

Jesus Christ leads us to authentic humanity

For the Pope's Homily on Palm Sunday, which also marked the25th�World�Youth�Day�in�the�Dioceses�of�the�universal�Church,�see�pages�10-11.

A travellingcompanion forpeople today

On Monday, 29 March, the Holy Fa-ther presided at a special Mass in StPeter's Basilica commemorating thefifth anniversary of the death of theVenerable Servant of God Pope JohnPaul II, who died on 2 April 2005. TheMass was celebrated a few days earlybecause, this year, 2 April falls on GoodFriday.

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Motu Proprio ‘Omnium in Mentem’

Changes in canonical normsThis�edition�features�the�Pope's�Apostolic Letterwhich contains the amendments to the Codeof Canon Law regarding the ministerial func-tion�of�deacons�and�the�Sacrament�of�Marriage.

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84th World Mission Sunday

Building�Ecclesial�CommunionBenedict XVI has published his Messagefor World Mission Sunday, in which hespeaks of seeking the truth of Christ andhence of finding life's meaning.

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Commemorating the anniversary of John Paul II's death Holy Father expressesheartfelt condolences

When�the�Holy�Father�learned�of�the�two bomb explosions in the Moscow UndergroundStations of Lubyanka and Park Kultury during the Monday morning rush hour on29 March, which killed more than three dozen people, he addressed a telegram toH.E. Mr Dmitry Medvedev, President of the Russian Federation, expressing hiscloseness and condolences to the families of the victims. The following is atranslation of the Italian text of the Pope's Telegram, which was released onTuesday, 30 March.

Having heard the news of the attacks in the Moscow subway stations in whichnumerous people lost their lives, I express profound sorrow and firm disap-proval of the brutal acts of violence, desirous of conveying my sentiments of sol-idarity and spiritual closeness and my condolences to the victims' relatives. I as-sure them of my fervent prayers of suffrage for these lives cut short. I invokeheavenly comfort for those who are mourning this tragic loss, I willingly impartmy greeting of blessings with a special thought for the injured.

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On Palm Sunday, 28 March, at the endof the solemn celebration of the Mass,the Holy Father recited the Angelus withthe faithful and the pilgrims gatheredin St Peter's Square. The following is atranslation of the Pope's Reflectionintroducing the Marian prayer:

As we come to the end of this celebra-tion we cannot�but�think of Palm Sun-day 25 years�ago.�It�was�the year 1985,which the United Nations had pro-claimed “International Youth Year”.Venerable and beloved John Paul IItook that moment to commemorateChrist's entry into Jerusalem to theacclaim of�his�youthful�disciples, found-ed�the annual�World�Youth�Day.�Sincethen, Palm Sunday has acquired thischaracteristic: every two or three yearsit takes place with great global meet-ings, following Jesus in a sort of youthpilgrimage across the whole planet.

Twenty-five years ago my belovedPredecessor invited young people toprofess their faith in Christ who “takesupon himself the cause of man”(Homily, 31 March 1985, nn. 5, 7;L’Osservatore Romano English edition 9April 1985, p. 2).

Today I renew this call to the newgeneration, to bear witness with thegentle and luminous power of truth sothat the men and women of the third

millennium may not lack the most au-thentic model: Jesus Christ. I entrustthis mandate in particular to the 300delegates of the International YouthForum, who have come from all overthe world, convoked by the PontificalCouncil for the Laity.