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The Beatitudes are a new life plan to free us from the false values of the world and open us up to true values, present and future. The Church is not afraid to be as the Lord teaches. The Church does not fear poverty, contempt or persecution. These the words of Benedict XVI, commenting on the Gospel of the Sermon on the Mount, before the Angelus prayer. St. Peter's Square was crowded by the young people from Catholic Action of the Diocese of Rome, at the end of their annual caravan of peace. As is tradition, joined by a young boy and girl at the window of his private study, the Pope released two doves, symbols of peace. Addressing the faithful, Benedict XVI recalled that today is World Leprosy Day an ...

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