In his first address to the ambassadors to the Holy See, Benedict XVI recalled where true peace comes from: “To all those responsible of Nations I wish to state: if you do not fear truth, you need not fear freedom!”More...
by Sandro Magister
ROMA, January 10, 2006 – Speaking yesterday in the Sala Regia of the Vatican palace to the representatives of the 174 states that have diplomatic ties with the Vatican, Benedict XVI repeated the key points of the previous geopolitical message he wrote, for the new year of 2006, the World Day for Peace.
The truth was at the center of this message, beginning with the title: “In Truth, Peace.”
And again, pope Joseph Ratzinger pegged to the truth his speech to the diplomatic corps at the beginning of the year.
Justice, freedom, forgiveness – the three elements that embody peace among men and nations – all derive from what Benedict XVI called “the commitment to truth.”
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