The person we are today was not made by the material goods available to us, but by the love we received - emphasized Pope Francis, who delivered his festive speech on the day after Christmas from a window overlooking Saint Peter's Square. In his message, he emphasized that the most important thing is the protection and support of families.

Pope Francis declared that December 26 is the feast of the Holy Family of Nazareth. Jesus' family was humble and simple, Mária and József loved and worried about their child in the same way as any other mother and father do, he said.

The person we are today was not made by the material goods available to us, but by the love we received - explained the head of the church. He noted that perhaps not everyone is born into a "perfect, problem-free family, but (wherever we are born) that is our story, those are our roots, if we cut them out, life dries up."

Pope Francis added that there is no "perfect holy family depicted in holy images", as family life consists of everyday challenges with unexpected problems, suffering and pain. As a solution

HE ADVOCATES LISTENING AND UNDERSTANDING EACH OTHER, DIALOGUE INSTEAD OF ISOLATION WITH MOBILE PHONES,

asserting that families must confront the "dictatorship of the ego." He asked parents, children, the church and civil society to support, protect and preserve the family.

After the Angelus prayer, Pope Francis announced that he had written a letter to the married couple as a Christmas gift on the occasion of the World Meeting of Families, which had been postponed due to the epidemic next summer. The papal document was published by the Vatican on Sunday.

The head of the church expressed his concern that Italy and many other countries are being dominated by a "demographic winter". It appears that

MANY PEOPLE WOULD PREFER TO LIVE WITHOUT CHILDREN, MANY COUPLES WOULD PREFER TO BE CHILDLESS OR HAVE ONLY ONE CHILD, "IT'S A TRAGEDY"

Pope Francis declared.

The Christmas mass of the Hungarians in Rome will not be missed on December 26th, which will be presented to the Hungarian community by Father Lajos Jávorka from the archdiocese of Kecskemét, the priest of the Fokoláré movement in Rome, in the church named after the martyr Saint Stephen.

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