2006-04-16 17:41:26

Happy Easter - From Pope Benedict XVI


(16 Apr 06 - RV) Pope Benedict XVIpresided over his first Easter morning Mass and presented his first Paschal Urbi et Orbi message since his election last April.
On this, the most Holy Day in the Church's Calendar, the Holy Father focussed on the hope the Easter message brings to our modern world.
In his message, the Pope urged negotiated solutions to nuclear crises in a clear reference to worries over Iran, and prayed that Palestinians would have their own state alongside that of Israel. He turned the focus of his concern to Africa and Latin America also.
But beyond the suffering, there is the resurrection and the day was a double celebration as it coincides with Pope Benedict's 79th birthday. Emer McCarthy and Catherine Smibert have more... RealAudioMP3








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