Pope Francis ushered in the new year by praising the skills women bring to promoting peace in the world, and he equated violence against women to an offense against God.
The Associated Press
The Roman Catholic Church marks Jan. 1 as a day dedicated to world peace, and a late-morning Mass in Vatican City's St. Peter's Basilica paid tribute to the Virgin Mary's special place in the faith as the mother of Jesus. “In this way, they transform problems into opportunities for rebirth and growth. They can do this because they know how to ‘keep,’ to hold together the various threads of life,” the pontiff said. “We need such people, capable of weaving the threads of communion in place of the barbed wire of conflict and division.
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