Yesterday, the day on which the Church celebrated the Baptism of Jesus, Benedict XVI administered the sacrament of Baptism to 10 babies, all Italian, fairly divided into five boys and five girls, during a Mass in the Sistine Chapel. Benedict XVI resumed a custom of John Paul II who since the beginning of his pontificate used to administer the sacrament of Baptism to groups of babies just on this day. ” “Baptism said Benedict XVI in his improptu homily means saying no "to the attack of death that wears the mask of life" and saying "yes to the great gift of life". "The content of this culture of life continued the Pope is expressed by the ten commandments, which are not prohibitions but a way to look at life: they mean saying yes to a God that gives a meaning, in the first commandments listed the Pope -; yes to the family, fourth commandment; yes to life, fifth commandment; yes to responsible love, sixth commandment; yes to solidarity and social responsibility and justice, seventh commandment; yes to truth. This is the philosophy of life that becomes real and practicable in the communion with Christ". Then, as he looked out of the window of his study at midday for the Angelus, he remembered the Christians of the other faiths. “Baptism he said bonds the Christians of all faiths. As soon as we are baptised, we are all children of God in Jesus Christ, our Master and Lord. May the Virgin Mary let us understand more and more of the value of our Baptism and bear witness to it through a worthy behaviour “.
