krsna Posted December 23, 2004 Report Share Posted December 23, 2004 k /images/graemlins/cool.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 23, 2004 Report Share Posted December 23, 2004 Thats funny !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theist Posted December 24, 2004 Report Share Posted December 24, 2004 The more I look at it the more astounding it seems. Such a public display by a Pope is not done whimiscally. I wonder if he spoke at that event and what he may have said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krsna Posted December 24, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2004 k Here is a photo of the Pope at the end of an audience with Patriarch Raphael I of Iraq where "the Pope bowed to the Muslim holy book the Qu'ran presented to him by the delegation, and kissed it as a sign of respect". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theist Posted December 24, 2004 Report Share Posted December 24, 2004 he is obviously trying to establish bridges among people of faith. I see this a very nice indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krsna Posted December 25, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2004 Text of Pope's Christmas Day message Saturday, December 25, 2004 Posted: 6:43 AM EST (1143 GMT) Pope John Paul II delivers his Christmas homily in which he stresses reconciliation and peace. VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -- Here is the official English translation of Pope John Paul's "Urbi et Orbi" (to the city and the world) Christmas message on Saturday. The message was the shortest it has been in his 27 Christmas seasons, a concession to the Parkinson's disease which makes it difficult for him to speak. 1. "Christus natus est nobis, venite, adoremus!" Christ is born for us: come, let us adore him! On this solemn day we come to you, tender Babe of Bethlehem. By your birth you have hidden your divinity in order to share our frail human nature. In the light of faith, we acknowledge you as true God, made man out of love for us. You alone are the Redeemer of mankind! 2. Before the crib where you lie helpless, let there be an end to the spread of violence in its many forms, the source of untold suffering; let there be an end to the numerous situations of unrest which risk degenerating into open conflict; let there arise a firm will to seek peaceful solutions, respectful of the legitimate aspirations of individuals and peoples. 3. Babe of Bethlehem, Prophet of peace, encourage attempts to promote dialogue and reconciliation, sustain the efforts to build peace, which hesitantly, yet not without hope, are being made to bring about a more tranquil present and future for so many of our brothers and sisters in the world. I think of Africa, of the tragedy of Darfur in Sudan, of Ivory Coast and of the Great Lakes Region. With great apprehension I follow the situation in Iraq. And how can I fail to look with anxious concern, but also invincible confidence, towards that Land of which you are a son? He who bestows the Kingdom of heaven does not take away human kingdoms. Hasten to meet him; he comes to teach us the way of truth, peace and love." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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