Vatican City, Sep 9, 2008 / 04:09 am
On Saturday, Pope Benedict XVI met with bishops from the Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua who had completed their “ad limina” visit at the Vatican. He encouraged them to face their challenges by training members of the faithful to give witness and to assist in the management of the Church’s temporal affairs.
During the meeting, the Pontiff emphasized that it is vital for the laity to “receive encouragement from their pastors, obtain profound and continuous religious formation, and maintain perfect faithfulness to the doctrine of the Church.”