[ELS]

[Pretty slim pickin's among Yahoo! News Photos of today's audience. ELS]

Pope Benedict XVI delivers his blessing during his weekly general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican Wednesday, March 19, 2008. The Pontiff appealed for dialogue and tolerance between Chinese and Tibetans as he expressed 'sadness and pain' for the violence in Tibet. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)

[ELS]

Benedict XVI's Palm Sunday Sermon

Pope Benedict XVI kneels to pray while celebrating Palm Sunday Mass in Saint Peter's square at the Vatican March 16, 2008. (Dario Pignatelli/Reuters)

[LordBridey]

I follow with deep unrest the news that in these days is coming from Tibet. My fatherly heart feels sadness and sorrow at the suffering of so many people. The mystery of the passion and death of Jesus, that we live again in this Holy Week, helps us to be particularly sensitive to their situation. With violence, problems are not solved, only aggravated. I invite you to unite yourselves to my prayer, asking God all-powerful, source of light, to enlighten the minds of all and give to each one the courage to choose the path of dialogue and tolerance.

Amen.