Saturday, July 19, 2008

Pope Benedict XVI calls for unity at vigil

ABC News
Posted Sat Jul 19, 2008 9:13pm AEST
Updated Sat Jul 19, 2008 10:29pm AEST


The Pope warned against the temptation to "go it alone". (AAP: Paul Miller)

Pope Benedict XVI has called for unity in faith in a divided world and told tens of thousands of Catholic pilgrims that growing secularism is fragmenting society.

Addressing around 200,000 pilgrims at a candlelit vigil at Sydney's Randwick Racecourse, the Pope said the world was a fragile place, citing the troubled Sudanese region of Darfur as evidence.

At the vigil - part of Catholic Church's World Youth Day - the Pope called unity the "essence of the church" and telling the faithful to "resist any temptation to walk away" from it.

He warned against the temptation to "go it alone".

"You are already well aware that our Christian witness is offered to a world which in many ways is fragile," the Pope told the crowd.

"From the forlorn child in a Darfur camp, or a troubled teenager, or an anxious parent in any suburb, or perhaps even now, from the depth of your own heart, there emerges the same human cry for recognition, for belonging, for unity."
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