Pope says Christ ‘relevant’ to all, addresses fight vs. AIDS

Pope Benedict XVI welcomed the beginning of a new liturgical year during his traditional addresses before and after the Angelus from the window of the Apostolic Palace on St. Peter’s square Sunday. His words included a message concerning the relevance of Christ to all the world and prayers for the fight against AIDS.

Before reciting the Angelus, the Pope spoke to the thousands of pilgrims gathered in the square of how the liturgical year is seen from different perspectives and how Christ is relevant in all of them.

The Second Vatican Council, he said, established that the Church should “present the entire mystery of Christ in the annual cycle, from the Incarnation and Nativity to the Ascension, to the day of Pentecost and the expectation of the blessed hope in the return of the Lord.”

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