The Weekly Benedict (Oct. 29, 2011)

Pope-benedict-3Here are this week's items for The Weekly Benedict:

MESSAGE: Message on the occasion of World Food Day 2011 (October 17, 2011)

HOMILY: 23 October 2011: Canonization of the Blesseds: Guido Maria Conforti, Luigi Guanella, Bonifacia Rodríguez De Castro

ANGELUS: Angelus, 23 October 2011

AUDIENCE: 26 October 2011, Prayer in preparation of the Meeting in Assisi 

VOYAGE DOCUMENT: Day of reflection, dialogue, and prayer for peace and justice in the world "Pilgrims of Truth, Pilgrims of Peace": Address of the Holy Father (Assisi, 27 October 2011)

VOYAGE DOCUMENT: Farewell address by the Holy Father (Saint Francis Square, 27 October 2011) (NOTE: The first paragraph of this is left in Italian, in an apparent mistake)

SPEECH: To the delegations taking part in the meeting for peace in Assisi (October 28, 2011) 

Author: Jimmy Akin

Jimmy was born in Texas, grew up nominally Protestant, but at age 20 experienced a profound conversion to Christ. Planning on becoming a Protestant seminary professor, he started an intensive study of the Bible. But the more he immersed himself in Scripture the more he found to support the Catholic faith, and in 1992 he entered the Catholic Church. His conversion story, "A Triumph and a Tragedy," is published in Surprised by Truth. Besides being an author, Jimmy is the Senior Apologist at Catholic Answers, a contributing editor to Catholic Answers Magazine, and a weekly guest on "Catholic Answers Live."