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"Time spent in prayer is not wasted time," the Pope said today, "but rather a period in which the way to true life is opened. " Benedict XVI was speaking in the Paul VI Hall in front of five thousand faithful gathered for his weekly general audience. The Pope presented the figure of Saint Teresa of Jesus, Carmelite mystic and reformer, who lived in Spain in the 16th century and was proclaimed a Doctor of the Church by Pope Paul VI. "In our society, often lacking in spiritual values," Benedict XVI said, "Saint Teresa teaches us to be tireless witnesses of God, of his presence and of his actions." He added that in her writings, St. Teresa of Avila proposes the evangelical virtues as the basis of all Chr ...

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