Only Christ fulfills humanity's thirst for justice, truth, pope says

Published: 2004-06-23

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Justice, truth and love are desired by all cultures and religions, but only Christ can fully satisfy those needs, said Pope John Paul II. "All the nations will come and worship before the Lord" to recognize his "righteous acts or rather the interventions throughout history of staunching evil and praising good," the pope said at his June 23 general audience. Some 8,000 pilgrims from all over the world packed into the Paul VI audience hall, where the weekly audience is held during Rome's hot summer months. The pope focused his catechesis on Chapter 15 of the Book of Revelation. He said the book's canticle was "beautiful" in its "universal breath of religiousness and hope."

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