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Benedict XVI: Welcoming God's love means a Happy New Year. It will be a really good year, "if we accept in ourselves and one another the love that Christ has gifted us", said Benedict XVI Tuesday …More
Benedict XVI: Welcoming God's love means a Happy New Year.

It will be a really good year, "if we accept in ourselves and one another the love that Christ has gifted us", said Benedict XVI Tuesday morning in a blessing addressed to every man and woman in the world, after the Angelus prayer. Citing the ancient blessing from Sacred Scripture he said "May the Lord turn his face to you and give you peace". Benedict XVI then recalled his message for the World Day of Peace which is celebrated today, titled "Blessed are the peacemakers." Who are the peacemakers? he asked. They are all those who, day by day, try to overcome evil with good, with the power of truth, with the weapons of prayer and forgiveness, with honest and well done work, with scientific research at ...