
Visit to the Roman Parish of "Santa Maria Consolatrice" Homily of His Holiness Benedict XV
Fourth Sunday of Advent, 18 December 2005 Dear Brothers and Sisters, It really is a great joy for me to be with you this morning and to celebrate Holy Mass with you and for you. Indeed, my Visit to Santa Maria Consolatrice, the first Roman parish I have been to since the Lord wished to summon me to be Bishop of Rome, is for me, in a very real and concrete sense, a return home. I remember very well that 15 October 1977 on which I took possession of this titular church of mine.