Now, with a beautiful complementarity, Pope Benedict is putting his own particular patristic stamp on the
mission of the Successor
of Peter - he travels and
speaks in the midst
of an increasingly pagan culture as a teacher
of faith and a witness to the
truth and reason
of the Christian claim.
With the assistance
of this
mission, we envision a world free
of fear, bigotry, corruption, social injustice and war; where each human being lives, breathes and dies in brilliance, in accordance with their God - given destiny; where true wealth is measured not by how much one possesses, but rather by how much one gives; where true leadership is guided by sacrifice and selfless service, rather than by self - interest and hunger for control; where the highest ambition
of every human is to know the
Truth,
speak the
Truth and be the
Truth.