“The world must be educated to love Peace, to build it up and defend it.” – Pope Paul VI, 1968 Today, January 1, we celebrate the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God and also World Day of Peace. This year, Pope Benedict XVI’s Peace Message to the world focusses on the theme: Educating Young People [...]
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Pope’s peace message for 2011 – Pt 2
Posted by Webmaster on January 6th, 2011
Today I continue to share some extracts from Pope Benedict XVI’s Peace Message for 2011: “Religious Freedom, the Path to Peace”. At the press conference when the Peace Message was released, Cardinal Turkson, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace said: “Religious freedom does not imply that all religions are equal. Nor is [...]
Pope’s peace message for 2011
Posted by Webmaster on December 31st, 2010
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 [...]
Religious freedom, the path to peace
Posted by Webmaster on December 17th, 2010
Message of his Holiness Pope Benedict XVI for the celebration of the World Day of Peace – January 1, 2011 At the beginning of the new year I offer good wishes to each and all for serenity and prosperity, but especially for peace. Sadly, the year now ending has again been marked by persecution, discrimination, [...]
