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“You are immense, and you made yourself small; you are rich, and you made yourself poor; you are all-powerful and you made yourself vulnerable,” Francis said of Jesus as he delivered his homily in the basilica, packed with faithful.
Francis has dedicated much of his nine-month-old papacy to drawing attention to the plight of the poor, of children, and other vulnerable members of society.
He noted that the first to receive news of Jesus’ birth were shepherds, who in society were considered “among the last, the outcast.”
usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/12/24/pope-christmas-eve-mass/4194751/
Francis has dedicated much of his nine-month-old papacy to drawing attention to the plight of the poor, of children, and other vulnerable members of society.
He noted that the first to receive news of Jesus’ birth were shepherds, who in society were considered “among the last, the outcast.”
usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/12/24/pope-christmas-eve-mass/4194751/