Pope Benedict: "Tear down the barriers between us to bring peace"

"We must overcome our differences ", to" break down barriers between us and our neighbours, to enter into the divine life and "bring peace and reconciliation where there are conflicts." This was Pope Benedict XVI's message this morning, during his homily at Mass celebrated in Nicosia, Cyprus, for the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ. Before more than 6 thousand faithful, Cypriots and immigrants, especially from the Philippines and Sri Lanka, gathered in the city's sport's centre with more in the grounds outside, Benedict XVI recalled that "each of us who belong to the Church needs to leave the closed world of his individuality and accept the 'companionship' of others who "break bread" with us ...