The Pope looks back on 2005; gives thanks for a year "rich with events"
Pope looks back to John Paul in serviceThe Age
January 1, 2006 - 7:39AM
Benedict gave 2005 a bitter-sweet farewell on Saturday as he looked back at the year that saw him elected to lead the Catholic Church after the death in April of John Paul II.
At his first "Te Deum" service of year-end thanksgiving, Benedict praised deepening dialogue with those of other faiths but he restated his concern that the traditional Christian family was in crisis.
The 78-year-old German-born Pope recalled a June 6 speech in which he condemned same-sex unions as fake and expressions of "anarchic freedom" that threatened the future of the family.
He had also condemned divorce, artificial birth control and trial marriages.
"The family has always been at the centre of attention of my revered predecessors, in particular John Paul II," Benedict said during the vespers, or evening service, at St Peter's Basilica.
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