Christmas message Pope Francis - The leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis said in his Christmas message, people have been held hostage by materialism, so blinding. In fact, many human beings are starving and need a helping hand.
Reporting from Reuters page, Sunday, December 25, 2016, Pope Francis who celebrate Christmas the fourth time since he was elected in 2013, on Christmas Eve Mass to say that the world is often obsessed with gifts, parties, and more selfish, so far from humility.
"If you want to celebrate Christmas, we need to reflect this sign. The simplicity of the small newborn baby," said the Pope in St. Peter's Basilica, Rome.
He said that the message of Christmas is the humility and simplicity. Therefore, the Pope said, this nature needs to be released through Christmas.
Throughout the year, the pope had urged their compassion toward refugees, and encourages Christians to remember that Jesus too was once a refugee.
Christmas Eve Mass attended by about 10 thousand people and dozens of cardinals and bishops with tight security.
St. Peter's Square was cleaned six hours before the mass began to visit the Basilica. Outside the basilica, thousands of people who could not get into the largest church watch through a large screen which has been prepared
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