VATICAN CITY, DEC 22, 2000 (VIS) - This morning in the Paul VI Hall, John Paul II received 7,000 participants in a meeting promoted by SERMIG, the Youth Missionary Service - Arsenal of Peace, from Turin, Italy. He told them that the world "has need of the light of Christ, it also has need of you."
The Pope recalled that some of their contemporaries "dedicate their lives to the cause of peace. With their generosity they aim to aim to influence many other boys and girls in order to spread the light of the Gospel and change the face of history. May their efforts be crowned by the longed-for results so that the people of the 'artisans of peace' may grow."
"Your human and Christian commitment ... calls you to be witnesses of evangelical hope in the new millennium. It also inspires you to be architects of unity between different cultures and religions through gestures of concrete solidarity, such as the one you in which you are involved in the Middle East. Continue along this path. Consecrate life to the cause of peace."
The Holy Father thanked them for the gift of an image of "Mary, Mother of the young." He assured then that she would help them "to be apostles of peace and to scale the heights of sanctity as happened with no small number of young people before you. At this point, I would like to recall especially a young person from Turin, Blessed Piegiorgio Frassati, who died at the age of 24 after a life of love and faith."
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