The Vatican Website

The Vatican website, http://www.vatican.va/, includes a page listing the latest publications. For example, in the English translation of today's general audience, Pope Benedict XVI remarks that:

. . . today is marked by the spiritual joy of Easter, born of the Christ’s victory over sin and death. When the risen Lord appeared to the disciples in the Upper Room and showed them his saving wounds, their lives were changed. With the gift of the Holy Spirit, Christ gave them the peace which the world cannot give (cf. Jn 14:27) and sent them forth to bring that peace to the world. The mission of the disciples inaugurates the journey of the Church, the People of the New Covenant, called to bear witness in every age to the truth of the resurrection and the new life which it brings. Today too, the Lord enters our hearts and our homes with his gifts of joy and peace, life and hope. Like the disciples on the way to Emmaus, may we recognize his presence among us in his word and in the breaking of the bread. During this Easter season, let us resolve to walk in the company of the risen Christ and allow our lives to be transformed by faith in him and by the power of his resurrection.

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A Meeting with the Pontiff

This morning, Matt Lauer, co-anchor of the Today show, had an audience with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican.  Lucky guy, meeting and talking with a Pope is a rare event.

Matt, along and Al Roker, were in St. Peter’s Square this morning, and afterward shared a private moment with the Pontiff and New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan.  Today, the Archbishop will give Matt and Al a private tour through the Basilica, including a look at Pope John Paul II’s newly installed tomb—the first look for an American broadcast.  NBC’s Anne Thompson will also fill us in on how the Church has embraced social media.  Those stories air tomorrow on Today.

Broadcast this morning on the Today Show:

What was the gift Matt Lauer gave the Pontiff.  It was purrrrfect ... any guesses?