"Freedom and love are one and the same! By contrast, obeying one's own selfishness leads to rivalries and conflicts."In his Angelus on Sunday, Pope Benedict XVI returned to the them of Christ's call and his demands. He said these can appear harsh, but in reality they express the newness and absolute priority of the Kingdom of God, which comes into being in the Person of Jesus Christ himself.The Pope explained that those who give up everything, even themselves, to follow Jesus enter a new dimension of freedom, one that Saint Paul calls 'living by the Spirit'At the end of the Marian prayer, the Pope expressed his joy at the announcement of a new blessed: Estéphan Nehme, a member of the Lebanese maronite order whose life spanned the 19th and 20th century who was beatified Sunday in Lebanon. In greetings in Polish the Pope talked about teh summer holiday season which is just around the corner for many people. He said he hoped this encounter with nature, new people and the fruits of human creativity are not just the occasion for the recovery of intellectual strength and development but also a more intense encounter with God and a strengthening of faith.

"Freedom and love are one and the same! By contrast, obeying one's own selfishness leads to rivalries and conflicts."In his Angelus on Sunday, Pope Benedict XVI returned to the them of...leggi tutto