Pontiff says world suffering from ‘famine of peace’ as Justin Welby praises example of late monarch
Photograph: Franco Origlia/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Franco Origlia/Getty ImagesThe archbishop of Canterbury andalso spoke of those suffering “immense anxiety and hardship” during the cost of living crisis and made reference to the “desperate struggles of hospital wards”.message since the death of Queen Elizabeth II, Welby praised the example set by the late monarch, who he said “lived a life of service and put her interest after those of the people she served”.
“In Jesus Christ, God reaches out to each one of us here; to those who like his family have no resources, into the dark cells of prisons, into the desperate struggles of hospital wards, to those on small boats, to the despairing, and even to the condemned and the wicked, and says: ‘Take me into your heart and life, let me set you free from the darkness that surrounds and fills you, for I too have been there.
The archbishop’s Christmas sermon was delivered during the 11am Christmas Day Eucharist at Canterbury Cathedral.Delivering the 10th Christmas “Urbi et Orbi” blessing and message of his pontificate, he urged people to look beyond the “shallow holiday glitter” and help the homeless, immigrants, refugees, and the poor.
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