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ANGELUS: KINGDOM OF CHRIST, A GIFT OFFERED TO HUMANITY

VATICAN CITY, NOV 20, 2005 (VIS) - Addressing pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's
Square to pray the Angelus at midday, Benedict XVI reminded them that today,
the final Sunday of the liturgical year, also marks the Solemnity of Christ the
King.

"During His public life," the Pope said, "Jesus inaugurated the new Kingdom
which 'is not of this world,' finally realizing it in full with His death and
resurrection. Having risen from death, He appeared before the Apostles and said
'all authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.' This power springs
from the love which God showed totally in the sacrifice of His Son. The Kingdom
of Christ is a gift offered to men and women of all times so that everyone who
believes in the Word incarnate may 'not perish but have eternal life'."

"'Christ, Alpha and Omega,' is the title of the concluding paragraph of the
first part of the Vatican Council II Pastoral Constitution 'Gaudium et Spes,'
promulgated forty years ago. ... It reads: 'The Lord is the goal of human
history, the focal point of the longings of history and of civilization, the
center of the human race, the joy of every heart and the answer to all its
yearnings. ... Enlivened and united in His Spirit, we journey toward the
consummation of human history, one which fully accords with the counsel of
God's love: To reestablish all things in Christ, both those in the heavens and
those on the earth'."

The Pope concluded: "'Gaudium et spes' interprets, in the light of the central
position of Christ, the condition of contemporary man; his vocation and
dignity, and all areas of his life: family, culture, economics, politics and
the international community. This is the Church's mission yesterday, today and
always: to announce and bear witness to Christ so that mankind, all men and
women, may fully realize their vocation."
ANG/CHRIST KING/... VIS 051121 (330)

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