Pope Benedict XVI, on the occasion of his traditional Christmas message Saturday, and the world peace, solidarity and freedom of religion, who is on the "limits" the flexibility offered words of hope expressed by those who believe, live in China.
During the ceremony of the day, Pope 83 years) and 65 languages as well as a good Holiday Birth announcements and good wishes "for the city and the world" Arby et Orbi him.
"May the Prince of Peace, and the right of birth and where happiness lies the world The Savior was born for us, and hope that your hearts may be filled with joy," the Pope said was tens of thousands who gathered in St. church. Peter's square, and spray in the winter to more than umbrellas.
The event was broadcast on television and radio all over the world was with them.
that, "Holiday in the light of Birth" in the letter to more than one billion Catholics around the world from the spiritual leader of the world, hotbeds of tension and can be bright, "the land where Jesus was born."
May be a source of inspiration "for a just and peaceful coexistence of Israel and Palestine are working," said Benedict XVI.
He is also the Christian communities in Iraq and the Middle East during the accident with the "active solidarity with" the leaders said to show the world. The Vatican often persecuted, and other forms of terrorism condemned the targeted communities.
Pope celebrate the birth of the spirit of peace in Somalia can be, with the hope that Madagascar and Sudan's Darfur region, Côte d'Ivoire, said that the political and social stability.
He, Nicaragua and Costa Rica and the reconciliation between the North and South Korea as well as to foster a dialogue between security and respect for human rights in Afghanistan and Pakistan should be noted.
China from the Pope, bishops without the approval of the Pope, and what the Vatican several times and coordination, as well as the communist authorities in Beijing by the Chinese Catholic Church over the control, shall be sentenced to a number of.
"May the People's Republic of China and the patience and faith in the church faithful to the spirit of courage and strengthen the savior was born, through the restrictions imposed on freedom of conscience and religion, they are not lose heart," said the pontiff.
The last cholera epidemic hit by the earthquake and the Pope as well as people in Haiti, as well as natural disasters, and hope for the convenience of those who prayed for the suffering.
"May the same thing only in Colombia and Venezuela as exhibits, as well as away from the recent natural disasters in Guatemala and Costa Rica, is applied," he said.
Benedict St. Peter Cathedral in the middle of the night before the Day of Birth Time of collective leadership ushered in by the Vatican celebrated the traditional Christmas holiday.
