Assumption homilies

Aug 13, 2011




It would be difficult to do better in seeking to appreciate the significance of this feast, than to look back over the six homilies Pope Benedict has given for the Feast of the Assumption.


In each homily he seeks to communicate something that he knows to be essential in our 21st century appreciation of this feast.

Pope Benedict Assumption Homilies:
2010   
2009 
2008   
2007  

and a video clip from last year on the Feast of the Assumption:


Feast of the Assumption
Monday 15 August 2011
9.00am and 7.00pm


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