Pope Benedict XVI resided over an Easter vigil service on Saturday night, but voiced fears that mankind is groping in darkness, unable to distinguish good from evil.
"Life is stronger than death. Good is stronger than evil. Love is stronger than hate. Truth is stronger than lies" Benedict told the faithful in a packed St Peter's Basilica. "The darkness that poses a real threat to mankind, after all, is the fact that he can see and investigate tangible material things but cannot see where the world is going or whence it comes, where our own life is going, what is good and what is evil. The darkness enshrouding God and obscuring values is the real threat to our existence and to the world in general. If God and moral values, the difference between good and evil, remain in darkness, then all other 'lights' that put such incredible technical feats within our reach are not only progress but also dangers that put us and the world at risk."
Benedict, who has made protection of the environment a theme of his papacy, made a reference to urban pollution in his homily. "Today we can illuminate our cities so brightly that the stars in the sky are no longer visible" he said. "Is this not an image of the problems caused by our version of enlightenment?"
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