{"id":167777,"date":"2025-06-29T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carfundacion.roymo.info\/blog\/quienes-fueron-san-pedro-y-san-pablo-y-que-se-les-encomendo\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T12:57:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T10:57:17","slug":"solemnidad-san-pedro-y-san-pablo-29-de-junio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/en\/solemnidad-san-pedro-y-san-pablo-29-de-junio\/","title":{"rendered":"June 29, Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul"},"content":{"rendered":"

St. Peter and St. Paul, experienced the love of Christ \"who healed them and set them free and, because of this, they became apostles and ministers of liberation for others.\" Pope Francis, 2021<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul commemorates the martyrdom of Simon Peter and Paul of Tarsus, two of the apostles who accompanied Jesus Christ in his evangelizing mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter, chosen by Christ to be the rock of the Church: \"You are Peter and on this rock I will build my Church\". (Mt 16:16)<\/em>. He humbly accepted his mission until his death as a martyr. His tomb in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican is a goal of pilgrimage<\/a> for thousands of Christians who visit from all over the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul, a persecutor of Christians who became an apostle, is a model of a fervent evangelizer for all Catholics. After meeting Jesus, he gave himself unreservedly to the cause of the Gospel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his 2012 homily for the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Benedict XVI called these two apostles \"the principal patrons of the Church of Rome. \"Christian tradition has always considered St. Peter and St. Paul inseparable: together, in fact, they represent the whole Gospel of Christ,\" he specified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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St. Peter supported observes the trial of Jesus in the movie The Passion of the Christ.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After the Resurrection and Ascension of Christ, Peter humbly assumed the headship of the Church, led the apostles and took charge of keeping the true faith alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul, after his encounter with Christ, continued on to Damascus where he was baptized and regained his sight. He is recognized as the apostle of the Gentiles and spent the rest of his life preaching the Gospel tirelessly to the nations of the Mediterranean Sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who was St. Peter and what was entrusted to him?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

St. Peter was one of Jesus' twelve apostles. He was a fisherman and Jesus called him to be a fisher of men, to make known the love of God and his message of salvation. Peter accepted and followed Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His name was Simon; Jesus called him Cephas, \"stone\" and told him that he would be the stone on which he would build his Church. That is why we know him as Peter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The apostle Peter lived very important moments with Jesus:<\/p>\n\n\n\n