Pope Francis has criticised people who are 'ravenous' for wealth and power in his Christmas homily at St Peter's basilica in the Vatican
Pope Francis has rebuked people who are "ravenous" for power and riches, comparing them to the poverty of Jesus, in his sermon at a Christmas service in the Vatican.Speaking to a congregation of about 7,000 at Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve, the pope contrasted the humility of Jesus' birth and life with the way many people live today.
"How many wars have we seen? And in how many places, even today, are human dignity and freedom treated with contempt?""As always, the principal victims of this human greed are the weak and the vulnerable," said Pope Francis, who did not cite any specific conflict or situation. "Dear brothers, dear sisters, at Christmas, God is poor: let charity be reborn," he said, urging people do "not let this Christmas pass without doing something good".
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