That Cold & Distant German Pontiff

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The Pope entered into his annual Spiritual Exercises last night (he asked for our prayers), but not before some Lenten encouragement in his Angelus remarks (Zenit has a full translation.)
In order to fully attain life in freedom, the test brought by freedom itself, that is, temptation, must be overcome.
He also invited young people to a special prayer meeting next Saturday. So much for the "this pope won't reach out to youth" meme!