Pope says only God’s love can heal humanity

Pope Benedict XVI on Feb. 20, spoke about God’s love that can heal humanity. Before praying the midday ‘Angelus’, Pope Benedict commented on Sunday’s Gospel reading of the healing of the paralytic by Jesus, and said, “evil, nestling in the spirit, binds man with the cords of deceit, anger, envy and other sins and, little by little, paralyzes him." "Also today," he added, "humanity bears the signs of sin which prevent it from progressing quickly in those values of fraternity, justice and peace, which it has proposed itself in solemn declarations." "Only the love of God can renew man's heart, and only if the heart of paralyzed humanity is healed can it get up and walk. The love of God is the true force that renews the world," he stressed.