Pope: be thankful for having a job

BY CINDY WOODEN
THOSE WHo have a job this Christmastide should be thankful and should reach out to help their neighbours who are less fortunate, Pope Benedict XVI has said.
“With Christmas approaching, my thoughts naturally turn to the employment crisis that is worrying all humanity today,” the Pope said on December 19 during a meeting with officials of the Vatican’s Central Labour Office.
“Those who have the possibility of working should be thankful to God and open their hearts with generosity toward those who find themselves with employment and economic difficulties,” the Pope said.
Pope Benedict prayed that Jesus would watch over those suffering because of the global economic crisis and inspire new acts of solidarity among all people.
Pope John Paul II established the Vatican Labour Office on January 1 1989.