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Pope's Christmas wish: World fraternity despite differences

Catholic leader speaks from Vatican City

Pope Francis looks at St. Peter's Square after the Urbi et Orbi (Latin for 'to the city and to the world' ) Christmas' day blessing from the main balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Tuesday. - photo by Associated Press

Pope Francis looks at St. Peter's Square after the Urbi et Orbi (Latin for 'to the city and to the world' ) Christmas' day blessing from the main balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Tuesday. - photo by Associated Press

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis offered a Christmas wish for fraternity among people of different nations, cultures, faiths, races or ideas, describing the world's differences as a richness, not a danger, and championing the rights of religious minorities.

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