
September 24, 2011. (Romereports.com) (-ONLY VIDEO-) Benedict XVI arrived in the German city of Freiburg Saturday afternoon. He was welcomed by Minister President, Baden-Württenberg and also by the city's archbishop Winfried Kretschmann. Faith always includes as an essential element the fact that it is shared with others. No one can believe alone. We receive the faith -- as Saint Paul tells us -- through hearing, and hearing is part of being together, in spirit and in body. Only within this great assembly of believers of all times, who found Christ and were found by him, am I able to believe. In the first place I have God to thank for the fact that I can believe, for God approaches me and so to speak "ignites" my faith. But on a practical level, I have my fellow human beings to thank for my faith, those who believed before me and who believe with me. This great "with", apart from which there can be no personal faith, is the Church. And this Church does not stop at national borders, as we can see from the nationalities of the saints that I spoke of: Hungary, England, Ireland and Italy. Here we see the importance of spiritual exchange, which encompasses the entire universal Church. Indeed, it was fundamental for the development of the Church in our country, and it remains fundamental for all times: that we believe in union with one another across the continents, and learn to believe from one another. If we open ourselves up to the whole of the faith in all of history and <b>...</b>
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