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December 25, 2022

Pope’s lament: Icy winds of war buffet humanity at Christmas

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis used his Christmas message Sunday to lament the "icy winds of war" buffeting humanity and to make an impassioned plea for an immediate end

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