Guanajuato, Mexico, Mar 25, 2012 / 17:35 pm
As he celebrated Mass for 600,000 people at Guanajuato's Mount Cubilete on March 25, Pope Benedict XVI urged them to discover the true kingship of Christ, who rules the world with love.
“His crowns, one of a sovereign, the other of thorns, indicate that his royal status does not correspond to how it has been or is understood by many,” the Pope told worshipers gathered in the Bicentennial Park, near the monumental statue of Christ the King.
“His kingdom does not stand on the power of his armies subduing others through force or violence. It rests on a higher power that wins over hearts: the love of God that he brought into the world with his sacrifice and the truth to which he bore witness.”
God's power, he said, “is the power of goodness, the power of love”.