{"id":1155104,"date":"2021-12-25T19:19:52","date_gmt":"2021-12-26T00:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1155104"},"modified":"2021-12-25T19:19:54","modified_gmt":"2021-12-26T00:19:54","slug":"francis-christmas-address-we-risk-not-hearing-the-cry-of-pain-and-distress-from-our-brothers-and-sisters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/francis-christmas-address-we-risk-not-hearing-the-cry-of-pain-and-distress-from-our-brothers-and-sisters\/","title":{"rendered":"Francis Christmas Address: \u2018We Risk Not Hearing The Cry Of Pain And Distress\u2019 From \u2018Our Brothers And Sisters\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffrancis-christmas-address-we-risk-not-hearing-the-cry-of-pain-and-distress-from-our-brothers-and-sisters%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1155104&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>On Saturday, Pope Francis gave his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/249985\/full-text-pope-francis-christmas-urbi-et-orbi-blessing-2021\">Christmas address<\/a>, and spoke of the birth of Christ, as well as world events in need of prayer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Word of God, who created the world and who gives meaning to history and to humanity\u2019s journey, became flesh and came to dwell among us,\u201d Francis began. \u201cHe came like a whisper, like the murmur of a gentle breeze, to fill with wonder the heart of every man and woman who is open to this mystery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Pope continued, noting that God doesn\u2019t desire a monologue, but a \u201cdialogue\u201d with his followers, and that the coming of Jesus into the world was His way of showing us \u201cencounter and dialogue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Francis stated that in this time of the pandemic, we have been strained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur capacity for social relationships is sorely tried; there is a growing tendency to withdraw, to do it all by ourselves, to stop making an effort to encounter others and do things together,\u201d the Pope said, adding that the idea of dialogue also applies to \u201cinternational\u201d affairs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have become so used to them [conflicts, crises and disagreements] that immense tragedies are now being passed over in silence; we risk not hearing the cry of pain and distress of so many of our brothers and sisters,\u201d Francis continued.<\/p>\n<p>The ongoing war in Syria, struggles in Iraq and in Yemen, the Israeli\/Palestinian conflict, and the difficulty in Lebanon were all mentioned by Francis as things for listeners to keep in mind.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet us ask him for the strength to be open to dialogue. On this festive day, let us implore him to stir up in the hearts of everyone a yearning for reconciliation and fraternity. Let us now turn to him in prayer,\u201d the Pope said before asking Jesus to provide comfort to the Afghans, \u201csustain\u201d the people of Myanmar, and prevent conflict in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBe a source of light and support for all those who believe in and strive, despite all obstacles, to advance encounter and dialogue,\u201d Francis said.<\/p>\n<p>He continued, offering prayer for those in North Africa, Sudan, and Ethiopia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSon of God, comfort the victims of violence against women, which has increased in this time of pandemic. Offer hope to young children and adolescents suffering from bullying and abuse,\u201d the Pope stated. \u201cShow consolation and warmth to the elderly, especially those who feel most alone. Give serenity and unity to families, the first educators of their children and the basis of the fabric of society.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He prayed for help in the pandemic, that vaccines and medical care are available to those who need them; and for \u201cmilitary and civilian prisoners of war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Concluding, Pope Francis said:<\/p>\n<p><em>Dear brothers and sisters, amid all the many problems of our time, hope prevails, \u201cfor to us a child is born\u201d (Isaiah 9:6). He is the word of God, who became an infant, capable only of crying, and in need of help for everything. He wished to learn how to speak, like every other child, so that we might learn to listen to God, our Father, to listen to one another and to dialogue as brothers and sisters. O Christ, born for our sake, teach us to walk beside you on the paths of peace.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, Pope Francis gave his Christmas address, and spoke of the birth of Christ, as well as world events in need of prayer. \u201cThe Word of God, who created the world and who gives meaning to history and to humanity\u2019s journey, became flesh and came to dwell among us,\u201d Francis began. \u201cHe came like &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":132,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1155104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1155104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/132"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1155104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1155104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1155104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1155104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1155104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}