Pope Francis ushers in Christmas celebrations for the world's 1.3 billion Catholics
The celebration of Jesus's birth reminded humanity how"God continues to love us all, even the worst of us," Pope Francis says in his Christmas message.
Thousands of Palestinians and foreigners converged in the biblical town of Bethlehem, revered by Christians as the birthplace of Jesus, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. "We see in this period the weakness of politics, enormous economic problems, unemployment, problems in families," he said. This year celebrations were bolstered by the return of a wooden fragment believed to be from the manger of Jesus.
But fewer Christians from the Gaza Strip were in attendance than in previous years, as Israel had granted permits to just around 300 of the some 900 people who applied, said Wadie Abunassar, an adviser to Church leaders in the Holy Land.
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