” “A "warm greeting" and a "heart-felt thank-you" have been expressed by the Pope, this morning, during the farewell ceremony in Munich. "I bear, indelibly engraved in my soul said Benedict XVI , the emotions aroused by the enthusiasm and deep religiosity of the vast multitudes of believers". These have been, added the Holy Father, "intensive days, in which I have been given the opportunity to relive in my memory many events of the past that have marked my life". Then, the Pope explained the meaning of his journey to Germany: "To propose again to my fellow countrymen the eternal truths of the Gospel and confirm the believers in their adhesion to Christ", because "in faith in Him" lies the way "to build a future worthy of man, even on this earth". As he mentioned that today is the 25th anniversary of the publication of the encyclical Laborem exercens by John Paul II, Benedict XVI commented that "the Church, under the guidance of the Spirit, has always looked in the Word of God, over and over again, for answers to the emerging challenges of history", even to the problems that have taken place within the so-called "labour issue", especially after the second half of the XIX century.” “
