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“Dear brothers and sisters, Happy
Christmas! Christ is born for us, let us rejoice
in the day of our salvation! Let us open
our hearts to receive the grace of this day,
which is Christ himself. Jesus is the radiant
“day” which has dawned on the horizon of
humanity. A day of mercy, in which God our
Father has revealed his great tenderness to
the entire world. A day of light, which dispels
the darkness of fear and anxiety. A day of
peace, which makes for encounter, dialogue
and, above all, reconciliation. A day of joy: a
“great joy” for the poor, the lowly and for all
the people (cf. Lk 2:10).”
Pope Francis, ‘Urbi et Orbi’ 2015
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