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Article: Be more like Peter.(FAITH & SPIRITUALLY)
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- May 22, 2005
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May, 2005
Dear Pope Benedict,
When you went into the conclave, in which you were elected, you swore to be faithful to the "Petrine ministry," not that of Pius or Gregory or Alexander. This seems to me one of the most important features of these past days, though the media have scarcely paid attention to it.
Today, the ministry of Peter really needs restoration, like Michaelangelo's paintings in the Sistine Chapel, to recover the freshness of the original colours. And not only the ministry of Peter: our politicians have now forgotten that the word "ministry" means service.
Peter was not a head of state. However small a state may be, it ...