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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jane Clinton

Archbishop of Canterbury and pope focus on Gaza in Christmas messages

The Christmas Eve midnight mass at St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican
The pope presided over the Christmas Eve midnight mass at St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican. Photograph: Maria Laura Antonelli/REX/Shutterstock

The archbishop of Canterbury and the pope have used their Christmas addresses to show solidarity with Bethlehem and those caught up in the Israel-Gaza war.

Referring to Jesus Christ’s birthplace, which is now in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Justin Welby said “the skies of Bethlehem are full of fear rather than angels and glory”.

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