2011年4月25日星期一

In the message of Easter, the Pope urged diplomacy in Libya - Los Angeles Times

Pope Benedict XVI has offered a prayer of Easter Sunday for diplomacy to prevail over the war in Libya and for the citizens of the Middle East to build a new society based on respect.

He also called European refugees in North Africa.

"In the sky, all is peace and joy." But, alas, all not so on Earth! "the Pope said he gave the traditional" Urbi et Orbi "message from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica to a crowd of more than 100,000 which is outside the place Saint-Pierre."

"In" the current conflict in Libya, may diplomacy and dialogue replace weapons and may those who suffer as a result of the conflict provide access to humanitarian aid, he said. "".

Referring to North Africa and the Middle East, the Pope prayed that all citizens, especially the young, would "work to promote the common good and build a society where poverty is defeated and each policy choice is inspired by respect for the human person".

Uprisings, repression and civil war have caused an exodus of people to the Italian shores and other countries of the region. Europe has been split on whether to accept or to expel tens of thousands of migrants, many of them elsewhere in North Africa and Libya.

Beno?t has rallied to the side of refugees, urging the people of good will to "open their hearts to welcome them."

"Here in this world that is ours, the Easter alleluia still contrasts with the Cree and the complaints arising particularly painful situations: deprivation, hunger, disease, war, violence," said the Pontiff, resplendent, dress Golden, while he was sitting on a Chair and read his speech in Italian.

This year, Easter falls on the same day in Roman Catholic Church and Orthodox calendars and Jerusalem, Orthodox and Catholics worshipped at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, revered as the burial site and the crucifixion of Jesus and his resurrection Friday Easter Sunday. Protestants held their own ceremonies outside the old walled city at the Garden Tomb, which some identify as the site of the burial of Jesus.

At Cagliari, Sardinia, a Sardinian cheese Easter, pasta and lamb dinner was served by Caritas, Catholic charity, some 20 Tunisian ANSA reported Island Italian press agency. The guests were among the more than 26 000 Tunisian who have entered illegally Italy since unrest in their homeland in January.

Most is waiting for Italy temporary travel documents they hope will be left to reach France, where many have friends and relatives. France warned Tunisians that they will be sent backed up unless you have jobs or provide savings.

The dispute between Rome and Paris on the fate of Tunisians should dominate a large part of a French-Italian Summit in the Italian capital Tuesday.

Call for solidarity as of Benedict XVI is also "words for those who keep the doors closed" migrants, Bishop Albert Mario Careggio, Bishop of Ventimiglia, a comune of the French border, said Sky CBC TV.

In Rome, the tragedy of unwanted society played in one of the main of the Basilic city, where some 150 Gypsies sought refuge from city officials who are dismantling illegal settlements of Roma trailer. The Gypsies say that City Hall will split their families by sending women and children to a shelter in a Rome suburb, but not men.

In Easter, several dozen solidarity Romans have milk, diapers and baby food to the refugee camp improvised inside St. Paul outside the walls Basilica.

Voice of 84 years Benedict XVI to cracked at times during the mass, but he completed his two-hour appearance Sunday by reading aloud wishes in 65 languages.

Some potted plants 41 000 broadside to the square, including Narcisse 10 000 plants, many of them in yellow and white, the colours of the Vatican official, are arranged in rows cared, the slope towards the altar.

Beno?t returns to place in a week to direct that a host should be the participation rate of at least Easter double when he beatifies John Paul, that the Pontiff born in Poland, of long-standing service on the last step before possible canonization official.


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