A concert in honor of Pope Benedict XVI was held on the afternoon of Friday, December 4th, in the Sistine Chapel, in the presence of the President of the Federal Republic of Germany Horst Koehler.
The initiative was held to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Federal Republic of Germany and the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
The Augsburg Cathedral Choir and the Residenz Chamber Orchestra of Munich performed the first three cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bachs Christmas Oratorio.
After the concert, the Pope recalled the profound mystery of Christmas, a mystery of communion of love: God, who, for loves sake, approaches us and, as a child, asks us for our love.
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