Tuesday, January 1, 2019

Pope's New Year's Message Concentrates on Unity; Advises Catholics to Remain Rooted to the Church

Pope Francis, in his first message of the new year today (January 1, 2019) bemoaned a lack of unity across the world, and warned against a soul-less hunt for profit that benefits only a few, the Reuters website reports.

"The world is completely connected, yet seems increasingly disjointed," the pope said in his New Year's Mass in St. Peter's Basilica.

The address followed a turbulent 2018 for the pope, whose Church was battered by a torrent of sex scandals across the world that Francis has failed to contain.

The pope called for Roman Catholics to remain rooted to the Church, saying: "Unity counts more than diversity."

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