Pope: "The martyrs testify their trust in the love of Christ

Pope Benedict said during his St. Stephens Day Angelus the testimony of Stephen, like all the Christian martyrs, shows to our contemporaries, who are often distracted and disoriented, on whom we should place our trust in order to give meaning to life. The Pope said the martyr in fact is the one who dies with the certainty that he is loved by God, and who, putting nothing before the love of Christ, knows that he chose the better side.

St. Stephen, like his Master, died forgiving his persecutors, making us understand that the entry of the Son of God into the world gives rise to a new civilisation, a civilisation of love that does not surrender to evil and violence, but breaks down barriers between ...

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