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We want life, not death" ... Stop the Gaza genocide now."
At Manger Square, scouts held a parade with banners calling for an end to the violence This year we limited our joy." ... I saw everything destroyed, poverty, disaster. But I also saw life — they don't give up. So you should not give up either. Never."
Bethlehem’s giant Christmas tree and usual festive decorations were absent, with Mayor Anton Salman saying ... Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, described the devastation he witnessed in Gaza, but emphasized the resilience of its people, saying On days like these, I would be with my children in Bethlehem and with my grandchildren, sitting with all the family. We have been deprived of all of this,
I’m actually glad it’s falling,
driver Mirsad Jasarevic said in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina You feel so humble when you go through the door that once you go through is almost like a release, a release of emotions,
said Blanca Martin, a pilgrim from San Diego We feel that they will pull the rug out from under our feet at any time. Our fate is unknown here,
said Bayda Nadhim, a resident of Telaskaf This Christmas carries the stench of death and destruction,
said George Al Sayegh, who has had to take refuge for weeks in the 12th-century Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Porphyrius in Gaza City If we’re not allowed to live our Christian faith in our country, as we used to, then we don’t belong here anymore,
said a demonstrator who gave his name as George Putin deliberately chose Christmas to attack,
I think of the Christian communities in Israel and Palestine, particularly in Gaza, where the humanitarian situation is extremely grave,
he told thousands of the faithful gathered in front of St Peter’s Basilica in Rome for the “Urbi et Orbi” (“to the city and the world”) address This year we limited our joy,
Bethlehem mayor Anton Salman told AFP Hatred and violence must not have the final word,
I invite every individual, and all people of all nations … to become pilgrims of hope, to silence the sounds of arms and overcome divisions,
May the sound of arms be silenced in war-torn Ukraine.”
Speaking from the central balcony of Saint Peter’s Basilica to thousands of people in the square below, the pope said May the Son of the Most High sustain the efforts of the international community to facilitate access to humanitarian aid for the civilian population of Sudan and to initiate new negotiations for a ceasefire,
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