Pope Francis: 'Urbi et Orbi' Christmas Message 2016- text - Indep

Pope Francis: 'Urbi et Orbi' Christmas Message 2016- text - Indep: The power of this Child, Son of God and Son of Mary, is not the power of this world, based on might and wealth; it is the power of love. It is the power which created the heavens and the earth, which gives life to all creation: to minerals, plants and animals; it is the force which attracts man and woman, and makes them one flesh, one single existence; it is the power which gives new birth, pardons faults, reconciles enemies, and transforms evil into good. It is the power of God.

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