Bishop Elbs: My greatest Christmas wish is peace for everyone!

Bishop Elbs: My greatest Christmas wish is peace for everyone!

Feldkirch, Österreich - Feldkirch, 22.12.2024 - Bishop Benno Elbs said in a moving interview with the “Kronenzeitung” his longingest Christmas wish: Peace. He speaks of the immeasurable suffering that people in the battlefields of this world, be it the conflicts in the Gaza Strip, in African countries or in Ukraine. "It breaks your heart," explains Elbs, while he denounces the "soul poison" out of hatred and disregard for human dignity. These negative feelings should disappear from our hearts. His desire for peace extends not only to world politics, but also to personal relationships, in which smaller conflicts often boil. "Everyone knows how necessary peace for a happy life is," says Elbs, and adds that this is his greatest Christmas wish, as reported by kathpress.at.

encounters and care in the Advent season

In the Advent season, Elbs deliberately made the time for encounters and conversations. For many people, winter time is a very sensitive phase that often causes loneliness and sadness. To counteract this, Elbs has visited hospitals, social centers, old people's homes and even prisons to bring joy there. For him, these visits are not only a duty, but also a personal joy, as he continued in his interview. This campaign reflects the message that he propagated that care and love are symbolized by small gestures of gift and gifting.

The bishop emphasizes the meaning of human connection, particularly by the sight of the gospel of the fourth advent: "to visit people, give them care and to bring them out of loneliness," he sees as a central message. Elbs firmly believes that every person has a place in the community and an order to make the world positively according to their possibilities. These beliefs are not only individual insights from Benno Elbs, but also contribute to hope in the run -up to Christmas, as the "Krone" reports.