Infant Jesus: Francis and Christmas Season

infant jesus: At the end of the service, homeless people and refugees joined volunteers to hand out 50,000 booklets with biblical tales of God's mercy to pilgrims gathered in a frigid St, according to The Waterloo Record. Peter's Square. Francis celebrated Mass marking Epiphany, the biblical tale of the three wise men who set out to find the infant Jesus and offer precious gifts. Francis said he too wanted to give the faithful the gift of God's mercy for the coming year. During this Christmas season, Francis has emphasized the humble setting of Christ's birth while criticizing a church that is closed in on itself, its wealth and its achievements. He then offered some 300 needy people a simple lunch of a sandwich and drink, the Vatican said, part of his long-running outreach to the poor and homeless who live around the Vatican. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.