Friday, December 24, 2010

Pope Benedict XVI's Message for Christmas

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“The child that was born in Bethlehem did indeed bring liberation, but not only for the people of that time and place-- he was to be the Saviour of all people throughout the world and throughout history,” the Pope said. “And it was not a political liberation that he brought, achieved through military means: rather, Christ destroyed death for ever and restored life by means of his shameful death on the Cross.”

Full text can be found here

H/T to Catholic Culture.

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