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Pope urges environmental renewal

by Staff writers
27 July 2008
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VATICAN CITY (CNS): With violence, poverty, discrimination and environmental degradation putting the future of humanity at risk, people are seeking freedom, redemption and a better world, Pope Benedict XVI said.

Christ is the answer to a troubled world as his Gospel message brings hope and can change one’s life for the better, he said in his message for World Mission Sunday, observed on October 19 in most countries.

The papal message was released on July 12 at the Vatican. The 2008 theme is “Servants and Apostles of Jesus Christ”.

“Humanity needs to be liberated and redeemed,” Pope Benedict said in his message.

Creation and humankind are suffering and people are waiting for “true freedom, waiting for a different, better world, waiting for redemption”, he said in his message.

While there has been much social, economic and technological progress in the world, the Pope said the world was still marked by violence, poverty, discrimination and persecution.

The “indiscriminate use” of the world’s natural resources has put the delicate relationship between humanity and the environment under “constant threat” and hurt people’s physical and mental health, he said.

Torn between hope and anguish for the future, those who believe in Christ will find hope, he said.

“Humanity can find redemption and hope only in Christ,” so it is imperative Christians proclaim “the promise of life in Jesus Christ” to a world lacking hope and lacking God, he said.

“It is a pressing obligation for everyone to proclaim Christ and his saving message,” the Pope said.

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He said St Paul the Apostle, whose jubilee year will run until June 29 next year, showed today’s Christians that missionary activity was the response to God’s love, which gave Christians the spiritual strength and energy to bring harmony, justice and understanding to all people.

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