Pope's lament: Icy winds of war buffet humanity at Christmas
Pope Francis delivers the Urbi et Orbi (Latin for 'to the city and to the world' ) Christmas' day blessing from the main balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Sunday, Dec. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
By FRANCES D'EMILIO
Associated Press
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis used his Christmas message Sunday to lament the "icy winds of war” buffeting humanity and to make an impassioned plea for an immediate end to the fighting in Ukraine, a 10-month-old conflict he decried as “senseless.”...
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