Pope Calls for Peace and Celebrates Conversions
On Easter Sunday Pope Benedict XVI lead a prayer in St. Peter’s Square. He noted that the disciples had spread the message of Christ’s resurrection and as a result of that “thousands and thousands of persons converted to Christianity”.
During this time Osama bin Laden had issued a threat against Europe that included the accusation that the pope was involved in a “new Crusade” against Islam and Magdi Allam. On this same day the Pope baptized an Egyptian born writer and he also received his very first communion.
During this ceremony the Pope took advantage to convert many people and it seems to have been a great day for everyone. Allam, 55, says that the miracle of the resurrection of Christ reverberated into his soul, freeing it from the shadows of a preaching where hate and intolerance toward he who is different.
Besides the pope doing this for the people, he also prayed for the peace in troubled parts of the world. He cited Darfur in Sudan, Somalia and “the tormented Middle East, especially the Holy Land, Iraq, and Lebanon. The pope also mentioned that how often relations between individuals, between groups and between peoples are marked not by love but by selfishness, injustice, hatred and violence. He delivered Easter greetings in 63 languages and talked more about how these problems opened and festered in every corner of the planet, and how although they are often ignored and sometimes deliberately concealed, wounds that torture the souls and bodies of countless people.
I have been following the Pope’s actions for a while now and all of his events have been controversial, but this one I believe has given him a lot of good feed. It was really great that the pope gave a speech on all those countries that have been in some need of help, and I believe that his actions do well for all.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/24/world/europe/24pope.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
1 comment:
I know christianity and the church does not always seem genuine. It is a business that should not be concidered a business, but never the less it is supported by many. Why is it that Osama takes other peoples actions of helping eachother for personal interest and turn them into an attack on Islam? This radicle Islam extremism is getting out of hand behind the voice of bin Laden. I think he misses the exposure that he was getting and in turn is turning world events unnecessar disputes.
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