BXVI Ad Limina Talks

Every five years or so, by tradition, the bishops of a given country make ad limina visits to Rome. Centuries old, the practice is a way of maintaining communion with the universal Church. It also offers the pope a chance to comment on the state of the Church in that country.

The bishops of the United States are just finishing up their visits, broken up into five batches, which makes it a convenient time to tally up all five of Benedict XVI’s addresses to them. Thanks to Whispers in the Loggia, here they are:

• Whispers in the Loggia: “The Demand of a New Evangelization”: From B16’s Desk, Bench Talk 1


• Whispers in the Loggia: “The Most Cherished of Freedoms”: On Religious Freedom and the Public Square, B16 Talks The States


• Whispers in the Loggia: To the States, B16 Talks Sexuality


• Whispers in the Loggia: To the States, The “Professor-Pope” Talks Education


• Whispers in the Loggia: “New Signs of Vitality and Hope”: For US Church, The Pope’s Last Word