Pope Francis called on Sunday not to confuse Christmas with consumerism. During the Angelus prayer, he called for Christmas to be celebrated “with simplicity and without waste” and to include everyone who is lonely.
At the same time, the Pope called for peace and recalled the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine. He thought of all those people who suffer from poverty, hunger and slavery. “We pray a lot in these holy places,” said Pope envoy Konrad Krajewski, who celebrated a Mass in Jerusalem on Saturday and met poor families in the Old City. Together with other clerics, he also spoke about how to help people in need, especially in the Gaza Strip.
‘Gaza is so close, but we can’t help’
“We witnessed a real unity of blood between the churches, as Pope Francis says, in the will to come together to help those in need. Gaza is so close, but we can’t help it. There is no water, no electricity. There are so many injured people who cannot be brought out for treatment,” Krajewski said. The Pole has also visited war-torn Ukraine several times and brought relief supplies to Kiev at Christmas last year.
Pope Francis will celebrate the traditional Christmas Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome this Sunday from 7:30 p.m. In addition to the Christmas message, the traditional Urbi et Orbi blessing is said.
Source: Krone
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