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Be peacemakers, Pope says on his 1st Xmas
(Reuters)
Updated: 2005-12-25 10:15

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict, ushering in his first Christmas as Pontiff, on Sunday urged the world's Catholics to be beacons of peace in a troubled world and offered a special prayer for an end to strife in the Holy Land.

Pope Benedict XVI arrives to lead the midnight mass in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, December 25, 2005.
Pope Benedict XVI arrives to lead the midnight mass in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, December 25, 2005. [Reuters]
The 78-year-old German-born Pope, who was elected last April 19 to succeed Pope John Paul, celebrated a solemn Christmas Eve mass in St Peter's Basilica to lead the world's 1.1 billion Roman Catholics into one of the holiest seasons of the year.

"Where there is love, light shines forth in the world; where there is hatred, the world remains in darkness," he said in his homily before the congregation in a packed basilica.

Pilgrims and tourists had flocked from around the world to attend Benedict's first Christmas as Pope.

Those who did not manage to obtain tickets, which are distributed free, watched in the cold night air on giant screens in the square outside Christendom's largest church.

"The light of Bethlehem has never been extinguished. In every age it has touched men and women, it has shone around them," he said, wearing gold and white vestments.

Some 30 cardinals among those who elected Benedict last April joined him at the great basilica's main altar for the celebration that was televised live to 46 countries and followed by tens of millions of people on television and radio.

Benedict recounted the Christmas story of Christ's birth in a stable in Bethlehem and asked Catholics not to forget that the true meaning of Christmas was the "inner light" radiating from the Child Jesus.

"Let us keep this light-giving flame from being extinguished by the cold winds of our time!" he said.

He urged his listeners to help to end conflicts and misunderstandings wherever they were found.

"Let us strive to be active heralds of his peace in the world of today," he said.

"Christ gives himself to us and, in doing so, gives us his peace. He gives it to us so that we can carry the light of peace within and give it to others. He gives it to us so that we can become peacemakers and builders of peace in the world," he said.
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