Christmas is the answer of God to humanity's quest for peace
Submitted on December 22, 2009
By Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY — Christmas is not a children's fairy tale, it is God's answer to humanity's thirst for real peace, Pope Benedict XVI said.
Christ's birth in Bethlehem was part of a divine plan, which is "a plan of peace," he said Dec. 20 before his midday recitation of the Angelus with pilgrims in St. Peter's Square.
"Bethlehem is also a city-symbol of peace in the Holy Land and throughout the whole world," he said.
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