VATICAN CITY, NOV. 27, 2005 - Upon embarking on the liturgical season of Advent, Benedict XVI invited Christians to renew their confidence in the possibility of building a better world.
Speaking from the window of his study on the first Sunday of Advent, the Pope appealed for the building of a "new earth," an appeal launched 40 years ago by the Second Vatican Council.
Advent is an "extremely evocative time from the religious point of view, as it is full of hope and spiritual expectation," (...)