Pope Benedict XVI’s message for the 44th World Day of Peace (Jan. 1), focusess on the theme: Religious Freedom, the Path to Peace. Cardinal Peter Turkson, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, says that the Pope chose this theme “because the living of religious freedom – a basic vocation of humankind and a fundamental, inalienable and universal human right, and key to peace – has come under great stress and threat.”
