For Giuseppe Toniolo there 'civilization' without Christ, without Christianity, without Church .
Christmas reaffirms this truth '
L' Emmanuel, God with us, came as King of justice and peace. His kingdom - we know - is not of this world, yet most important of all the kingdoms of this world. It 's like the leaven of mankind: if missing, would not the force that sends out the true development: the desire to work together for the common good, to the selfless service of others, to the peaceful struggle for justice (Pope Benedict in his speech xvi. Urbi et Orbi Christmas 2010)
The thought of Toniolo and 'eminently in line with the mystery of Christmas and its announcement
of Peace to men of good will '.
