Pope Benedict XVI Exhorts Africa to Peace

Look to the future with hope: trust in God; reconciliation is the fruit of inner change. This was the message Pope Benedict XVI repeated during his homily this Sunday, as he revisited the violent conflict that has marked the history of Angola until recent times. Pope Benedict said he went to Africa to preach this message of forgiveness, hope and new life in Christ, and called on all the faithful to realize that the Church, in Angola and throughout Africa, is meant to be a sign before the world of that unity to which the whole human family is called, through faith in Christ the Redeemer. The Pope discussed past and present ills of society, including war, tribal and ethnic hatred, threats to the family ...

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