Vatican City, Nov 7, 2008 / 09:20 am
A younger generations of Europeans that never experienced totalitarian regimes risks losing the lesson their parents learned under persecution: God alone is the source of true happiness. Pope Benedict offered this counsel this morning as he received the credentials of the new ambassador from Lithuania to the Holy See.
This morning at the Vatican, Benedict XVI received the Letters of Credence of Vytautas Alisauskas, the new ambassador of Lithuania to the Holy See and listened to the new diplomat speak about the “need for modern Europe to draw upon the tradition that flows from the teaching of the Gospel.”