'Maybe Christmas will stop the war': A child's hope and other scenes from Bethlehem
This year in Bethlehem, we are waiting for a hope that I am not sure I would even be able to believe in anymore, except that it does not entirely depend on us.
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This year in Bethlehem, we are waiting for a hope that I am not sure I would even be able to believe in anymore, except that it does not entirely depend on us.
On the 800th anniversary of the “Nativity scene of Greccio,” the Apostolic Penitentiary is granting a plenary indulgence to all the faithful who, between no ...
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As Christmas approaches, the pontiff dedicated today’s general audience to the 800th anniversary of the first nativity scene by Saint Francis in Greccio. For him, this representation is a “school of sobriety” against the “consumerism that corrodes the meaning of celebration and joy.
For people caught up in the holiday rush, "there is no interior space for wonder" before the mystery of Jesus' birth, but "only to organize parties," he said.