| Show Pope Benedict Benedi t speaks at mass in Germany Amanda Chamberlain Senior Editor The Pope addressed his current concerns yesterday which included society's hardness of hearing while visiting his native country of Germany Put simply we are no longer able to hear God God God- there are too many different frequencies filling our ears said Pope Benedict Photo courtesy of Whitehouse go gov v Pope Benedict XVI urged Catholics to listen to God XVI said according to the Associated Press The Pope addressed a packed crowd of devotees in Munich Germany as part of an outdoor Mass The AP noted that the event Ii A. A attracted Catholics who stood quietly shoulder- shoulder to-shoulder to on a field and waved the native flags During his speech the Pope also criticized the lack of missionary work and spreading of faith being done by Christians He said that social work and service projects should not be put before evangelical practice which he exemplified by saying that if AIDS should be combated people need to realistically face the causes of the disease rather than do social work to temporarily relieve it The Pope also noted the supposed changing of the 1 I dr l worlds world's reliance on God Its become more difficult to believe b because cause the world in which we find ourselves is completely made up of ourselves and God so to speak doesn't appear directly anymore the Pope said according to the Los Angeles Times Humanity has rebuilt the world by itself and finding God inside this world has become more difficult social context is in many ways different from that of the past he added But nevertheless I think we are all united in the hope that the coming generations may remain true to the spiritual heritage During the remainder of the trip Pope Benedict has made plans to visit his parents' parents grave and also his birthplace Marktl am Inn The pope still has a home there according to the AP which has been facing the threat of defacement due to vandals Pope Benedict also plans to visit the University of Regensburg where he taught as a from 1969 to 1977 He served as archbishop in Munich from 1977 until taking post at t the Vatican in 1981 ie i j JP k i iw |
