Dear
Young People!
I have vivid memories of the wonderful moments we shared
in Rome during the Jubilee of the Year 2000, when you came
on pilgrimage to the Tombs of the Apostles Peter and Paul.
In long silent lines you passed through the Holy Door and
prepared to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation; then
the Evening Vigil and Morning Mass at Tor Vergata were moments
of intense spirituality and a deep experience of the Church;
with renewed faith, you went home to undertake the mission
I entrusted to you: to become, at the dawn of the new millennium,
fearless witnesses to the Gospel...
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