Working holiday for Pope Benedict

Tuesday, July 17th, 2012

Benedict XVI is writing the third part of his essay on Jesus and preparing texts and reflections for the Post-Synodal Exhortation on the Middle East, the Year of Faith and the Second Vatican Council’s 50th anniversary

The Pope arrived just last Tuesday at Castel Gandolfo, the beautiful town south-east of Rome where he usually spends a period of summer rest.

But much of his time will be a working holiday, spent studying, praying and writing: “The Pope has started working on his book on Jesus again,” Benedict XVI’s spokesman, Fr. Federico Lombardi said in a briefing recently.

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