Benedict XVI: Assisi a meeting for peace...

Christians work for peace, pray for peace and even suffer martyrdom for peace to proclaim the Kingdom of God said Benedict XVI Wednesday during the Liturgy of the Word in preparation for the pilgrimage of leaders of the world's religions to Assisi on Thursday. The statue of St. Paul in front of St. Peter's Basilica, the Pope said, holds a sword in his hand not because he was a great leader, but because he was put to death by the sword. The sword of the conqueror does not build peace but the sword of the sufferer who knows how to gift his life. We ask the Lord, the Pope said, that the meeting in Assisi might favour dialogue between people from different religions, and bring a ray of light to illuminate...