Pope Francis: Christmas Message Urbi et Orbi (To the City and the World)
December 25, 2023
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CWN Editor's Note: “Dear brothers and sisters, merry Christmas!” Pope Francis said in his Urbi et Orbi message, delivered to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square on Christmas Day (video). “The eyes and the hearts of Christians throughout the world turn to Bethlehem; in these days, it is a place of sorrow and silence, yet it was there that the long-awaited message was first proclaimed: ‘To you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord’ (Lk 2:11).”
“Those words spoken by the angel in the heavens above Bethlehem are also spoken to us,” he continued. “We are full of hope and trust as we realize that the Lord has been born for us; that the eternal Word of the Father, the infinite God, has made his home among us ...”
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