” “"Deeply grieved to hear of the fatal accident that occurred on the roadworks for the Catania-Siracusa motorway", yesterday the Pope, after the Angelus prayer, expressed the wish that "more and more attention to industrial safety may prevent such tragic events ever occurring again". Benedict XVI, as he recalled that yesterday Italy celebrated the Day of the Pope’s love, also "heartily thanked the Italian church community for the prayers and the support it offers to my task as the Successor of Peter". Before the Angelus prayer, the Holy Father mentioned the "significant liturgical feasts" that have been celebrated over these days: last Friday, the Sacred Heart of Jesus. "This cult explained Benedict XVI is rooted in the mystery of Incarnation; it is just through the Heart of Jesus that the Love of God for mankind has sublimely manifested itself. This is why the authentic cult of the Sacred Heart retains all its effectiveness and specially attracts the souls that are thirsting for God’s mercy, that find in it the inexhaustible source of the water of Life, which irrigates the deserts of the soul and makes hope bloom again". Saturday was the day of the celebration of the nativity of Saint John the Baptist, a "feast that reminds us that our life is always and entirely related to Christ and finds fulfilment in welcoming Him". On the other hand, "leaving Christ’s Self take the place of our own self has exemplarily been the longing of the apostles Peter and Paul" who are celebrated on June 29th.” “
