Advent is time of vigilance and prayer, pope says

Christians can turn Christmas into a “pagan” or “mundane” holiday by focusing on the gifts and the tree rather than on the birth of Jesus and his promise to come again, Pope Francis said. Celebrating the beginning of Advent on 2nd December with the recitation of the Angelus prayer and at morning Mass in the... Read More

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