” “” “An invitation, not just to the congregation, but "to all Romans", to meet in Saint Peter’s Square for the Angelus prayer on Sunday 20th January. It was made today by card. Camillo Ruini, the Pope’s vicar for the diocese of Rome, as a "gesture of affection and peace" and as the "expression of the joy we feel in having Benedict XVI as our Bishop and our Pope". The Vicariate of Rome states a release "followed, step by step, in close conjunction with the Vatican bodies concerned, the saddening events that forced the Holy Father to cancel his visit to the La Sapienza University, to which he had been invited a long time ago". "Under the circumstance, which so painfully affects all our city goes on the release, signed by card. Ruini , the Church of Rome expresses his filial, total sympathy with its own Bishop, the Pope, and voices that love, that trust, that admiration and that gratitude for Benedict XVI which are in the heart of the people of Rome".” “” “
