ローマ法王: Enough gloom, try joy ahead of Christmas
ROME (AP) ― ローマ法王 Francis is encouraging people to be joyful, 説, "We've never heard of a sad saint."
Some 50,000 people flocked to St. Peter's Square for the ローマ法王's 伝統的な Sunday noontime window 外見. の中で them were many children clutching figurines of baby Jesus for Francis to bless for Christmas cr?che scenes at home or school.
Francis said: "Man's heart 願望（する）s joy. Every family, every people, aspires to happiness."
ローマ法王 Francis 持つ／拘留するs a 調書をとる／予約する of 祈りs during the Angelus noon 祈り he recited from his studio's window overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican , Sunday, Dec. 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
He said 存在 "missionaries of joy" should be part of lifestyles to help people through difficulties. 持つ／拘留するing up a pocket-sized 祈り 調書をとる／予約する, he 勧めるd the （人が）群がる to take 解放する／自由な copies 存在 分配するd in the square
To symbolize joy in 予期 of Christmas, priests 世界的な donned rose-colored vestments, just as the ローマ法王 did Sunday evening for a 集まり he celebrated at a parish in a working-class 近隣 on Rome's 郊外s.
During his homily, Francis said that this Sunday is known as the "Sunday of joy" in the カトリック教徒 church.
Many people in the 急ぐ toward Christmas fret about "all they still 港／避難所't" done for holiday 準備s, he said. But, Francis said: "Think of all the good things life has given you."
"It 傷つけるs to see Christians with a bitter 直面する, restless with bitterness because they are not at peace," he said. "Saints have the 直面する of joy."
"Don't forget: 'joy,'" Francis said, just before leaving and gave a thumbs-up 調印する of 評価 to the parish musicians.
迎える／歓迎するing Francis when he arrived at church was a handmade 調印する 布告するing in Italian, "Happy Birthday, Holiness" in brightly colored letters. Francis turns 78 on Wednesday. The ローマ法王 told the parents of 60 幼児s who were baptized in the parish during 2014 that his own baptism took place on Christmas Day in 1936.
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ローマ法王 Francis 持つ／拘留するs up a candle during the Angelus noon 祈り he recited from his studio's window overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Faithful 持つ／拘留する statuettes of baby Jesus, as they listen to ローマ法王 Francis 配達するing the Angelus noon 祈り, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
A woman 持つ／拘留するs up a statuette of baby Jesus, as she listens to ローマ法王 Francis 配達するing the Angelus noon 祈り, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
ローマ法王 Francis walks past a poster reading in Italian "Happy Birthday His Holiness" during a visit at the St. Joseph parish church in Rome, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2014. ローマ法王 Francis will celebrate his 78th birthday on Dec. 17. ローマ法王 Francis is encouraging people to 努力する／競う for joy, telling his 世界的な flock, "We've never heard of a sad saint." Some 50,000 people （機の）カム to St. Peter's Square to 元気づける the ローマ法王 during his 伝統的な Sunday window 外見. の中で them were many children clutching figurines of baby Jesus for Francis to bless for Christmas cr?che scenes at home or school. Francis said: "Man's heart 願望（する）s joy. Every family, every people, aspires to happiness." To symbolize the joy Christians experience を待つing Christmas, priests wore pink vestments at 集まり Sunday. Francis said that 存在 "missionaries of joy" should be part of lifestyles to help people 直面する difficult 状況／情勢s in life. He held up a pocket-sized 祈り 調書をとる／予約する and told the （人が）群がる to take 解放する／自由な copies 存在 分配するd in the square. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
ローマ法王 Francis, 中心, 配達するs his speech during his visit at the St. Joseph parish church in Rome, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2014. ローマ法王 Francis is encouraging people to 努力する／競う for joy, telling his 世界的な flock, "We've never heard of a sad saint." Some 50,000 people （機の）カム to St. Peter's Square to 元気づける the ローマ法王 during his 伝統的な Sunday window 外見. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Faithful take selfies with ローマ法王 Francis during his visit at the St. Joseph parish church in Rome, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2014. ローマ法王 Francis is encour 高齢化 people to 努力する／競う for joy, telling his 世界的な flock, "We've never heard of a sad saint." Some 50,000 people （機の）カム to St. Peter's Square to 元気づける the ローマ法王 during his 伝統的な Sunday window 外見. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
ローマ法王 Francis 持つ／拘留するs his pastoral staff during his visit at the St. Joseph parish church in Rome, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2014. 迎える／歓迎するing him when he arrived at the church was a handmade 調印する 布告するing in Italian, "Happy Birthday, Holiness" in brightly colored letters. Francis turns 78 on Wednesday. The ローマ法王 told the parents of 60 幼児s who were baptized in the parish during 2014 that his own baptism took place on Christmas day in 1936. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
