Dear Friends,
Our Holy Father had a special message for World Day of Peace. I hope you get a chance to read what he has to say about the importance of free religious expression and peace. Let's pray to see what we can do in our lives and in our families to promote the message.
"On January 1, 2011, World Day of Peace, Pope Benedict issued an important message titled, “Religious Freedom, the Path to Peace”. He begins his message by recalling the sad event that took place in Baghdad last October 31. As the faithful gathered to celebrate the Mass at Our Lady of Perpetual Help, they were attacked and as a result two priests and over fifty people were killed. Christians there are routinely discriminated and persecuted because of their faith. More recently six Coptic Christians were killed in a church in southern Egypt. Christian minorities, in Africa, Korea, China and Asia, cannot openly practice their religion because they don’t have that right or they fear for their lives."
Thank you,
Lou
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