Vatican City, Feb 27, 2011 / 10:18 am
Faith in God's unending love does not take away the struggle for a decent life, but it does liberate men and women from the things of this world and fear of the future, said Pope Benedict XVI from St. Peter's Square.
The Sunday Angelus prayer brought many pilgrims and Romans out to the square under the Pope's studio window despite a relatively cold day for Italy. Many of those present also took advantage of the traditional free entry to the Vatican Museums available to all comers every last Sunday of the month.
In his pre-Angelus message, Pope Benedict called Sunday's readings some of the most "touching" in the Bible.
"He who believes in God ... puts the search for his kingdom and his will in the first position," commented the pontiff, calling this attitude "precisely the opposite of fatalism."