New Portrait of Pope Benedict XVI

This week our new portrait of the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, arrived and was placed in Trinity Chapel.

This picture of Pope Benedict was taken just a few minutes after he appeared on the balcony of Saint Peter?s Basilica as the new leader of the 1.1 billion Catholics around the world.

These were his first words on April 19th, 2005:The First Words of Pope Benedict XVI "Dear brothers and sisters, after the great Pope John Paul II, the cardinals have elected me ? a simple, humble worker in the vineyard of the Lord. "The fact that the Lord can work and act even with insufficient means consoles me, and above all I entrust myself to your prayers. "In the joy of the risen Lord, trusting in his permanent help, we go forward. The Lord will help us and Mary his very holy mother stands by us."