” “Tradition is "the history of the Spirit acting through the history of the Church" "up to us, until the end of the world". This was said by the Pope, who, during today’s general audience, which has been attended by about 52,000 people, lingered once again on "tradition", the subject of the latest Wednesday catechesis. As he recalled the "universal destination" of the ministry of the Apostles, the "bearer of salvation as far as the farthest boundaries of the Earth", Benedict XVI stated that "Tradition is live Gospel, announced by the apostles in its fullness, based on the fullness of their unique, unrepeatable experience: through them, faith is conveyed to others, up to us, until the end of the world". Therefore, for the Holy Father, Tradition "is the history of the Spirit that acts through the history of the Church through the mediation of the apostles and their successors in faithful continuity with the experience of the origins". "Through the apostolic ministry concluded the Pope, it is thus Christ Himself who reaches those who are called to faith. The distance of the centuries is overcome, and the Resurrected offers Himself alive and working for us, in this day of the Church and the world". ” “
