Pope Francis delivers Christmas blessing and message

Pope Francis delivered a Christmas video blessing and message through the Vatican Television Center on Tuesday. The Catholic Bishops Conference of Korea translated it into Korean, with the original saying, "In lighting up the Christmas crib, we pray Jesus` light enters into us. A Christmas without light is not Christmas. I hope light shines on our mind and soul. I hope we forgive others and confrontation and enmity disappear." The video is available on YouTube.

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