‘Look to 2012 with confidence, justice and peace’:Pope’s new year message

Pope Benedict XVI, in his New Year message, appeals the people to look to 2012 with an attitude of confidence and trust.

‘My hearfelt good wishes that this time now before us may be marked concretely by justice and peace. My thoughts turn to the young that with their enthusiasm and idealism, they can offer new hope to the world.

Let us work together to give the world a more humane and fraternal face. Let us pool our spiritual, moral, and material resources for the great goal of educating young people in justice and peace.’, Pope said in the message.