Vatican City, May 1, 2009 / 15:49 pm
Before meeting with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican on Thursday, President Alvaro Uribe of Colombia attended a Mass celebrated by the President of the Pontifical Ecclesia Dei Commission, Cardinal Dario Castrillon Hoyos, who said in his homily that this visit “will mean peace for Colombia.”
During the Mass celebrated at the Church of Santa Ana, the cardinal pointed out, “We are here for a visit between the President and the Pope, amidst a Eucharist in which Christ is present: Christ is the Prince of Peace. We are asking the Prince of Peace to give us that which all Colombians need.”