As he met the young in São Paulo tonight, Benedict XVI also invited them to "sanctify their work" in order to "contribute to everyone’s progress" and to "be the protagonists of a fairer and more fraternal society, by fulfilling their duties to the State: by adhering to its laws; not letting themselves be swept away by hatred and violence; trying to be examples of Christian conduct in their professional and social milieus". "The Lord commented the Pope certainly appreciates your Christian life in the many parish communities and in the small church communities, in the Universities, in the Colleges and in the Schools, and above all in the streets and on the workplace. But we must go on. We must never relax, because God’s love is infinite and the Lord asks us, or better, demands us to expand our hearts". The priorities pointed out by the Pontiff to the young of Brazil include the "preservation and protection of the natural environment, to which we all belong". "The environmental destruction of Amazonia and the threats to the human dignity of its populations he concluded demand more commitment from society’s most diverse spheres of action".
