The traditional papal Christmas Day message "Urbi et Orbi" -- Latin for "to the City and to the World" -- usually covers the globe's hot spots, but this year Pope Benedict also addressed the economic conditions worrying many across the planet amid near-daily news of layoffs, failing companies and people losing homes.Pope Benedict said his Christmas message applied to "wherever an increasingly uncertain future is regarded with apprehension, even in affluent nations."
"In each of these places may the light of Christmas shine forth and encourage all people to do their part in a spirit of authentic solidarity," he said. "If people look only to their own interests, our world will certainly fall apart."
Cited from the WSJ.com
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