Pope's World Day of Peace message to discuss good conquering evil

Published: 2004-09-28

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope John Paul II will discuss how evil must be conquered by good when he issues his 2005 World Day of Peace message. The message's theme, released by the Vatican Sept. 28, will be "Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil by good," taken from a verse from St. Paul's Letter to the Romans. In striving to achieve good and avoid evil, one cannot ignore "the many social and economic problems that burden people's lives," said a Vatican statement released with the theme. To address the widespread inequality, poverty, injustice and insecurity weighing on many of the world's people, the solution must be "inspired by justice and solidarity," said the statement. The full text of the pope's annual peace message is traditionally published in December, just a few weeks before the church's Jan. 1 celebration of the World Day of Peace.

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