Saturday, 16 January 2010
Peace Sunday 17 January 2010
The theme for 43nd World Day of Peace message by Pope Benedict XVI is: If you want to cultivate peace,protect creation.
The theme aims to raise awareness about the strong bond that exists in our globalized and interconnected world between protecting the creation and cultivating peace
... "If the human family is unable to face these new challenges with a renewed sense of social justice and equity, and of international solidarity, we run the risk of sowing seeds of violence among peoples, and between current generations and those to come... ecological questions must be faced," From Vatican Press Notice
The full text of the Pope's Message can be found here: http://www.paxchristi.org.uk/PeaceSunday.html