” “"How many pilgrims you happen to meet during the year! In each one of them, I would like to invite you to see the face of a brother or a sister whom god places on your way, a friend, even if a stranger, to be welcomed and helped by patiently listening to him or her, aware that we all are part of one, big human family": it was said this morning by the Pope, as he received in audience the directors and policemen of the General National Police Inspectorate of the Vatican for the exchange of the New Year wishes. "Isn’t it true (…) went on Benedict XVI that we do not just happen to live besides each other? Aren’t we all walking along the same way as men and therefore as brothers and sisters? That’s why then it is essential for everyone to strive to live one’s life in an attitude of accountability before God, recognising in Him the original source of our own life as well as of the other people’s life. Indeed, it is just by going back to this supreme Principle that we can appreciate the unconditional value of every human being". (continued)” “
