ローマ法王 symbolically lights Assisi Christmas tree for migrants
VATICAN CITY (AP) ― ローマ法王 Francis has lit a candle to symbolize hope for migrants at the same moment a Christmas tree was illuminated in 前線 of St. Francis' Basilica in Assisi.
The ローマ法王 called himself Francis at his 2013 選挙 to 栄誉（を受ける） the Assisi saint and to 強調する／ストレス the saint's dedication to the poor. On Sunday evening at the Vatican, ローマ法王 Francis lit an oil candle to symbolically 代表する lighting the tall tree in Assisi. At the foot of the tree is a 木造の fishing boat used by North African migrants to sail to Lampedusa, Sicily, in 2014. 難民s were 招待するd to …に出席する the Assisi tree 儀式.
In a ビデオ 中継, the ローマ法王 told the migrants their hearts may be 苦痛d but their 長，率いるs are "high in the hope of the Lord."
ローマ法王 Francis is seen on a 巨大（な） 審査する as he sits at the Vatican while he symbolically lightens a Christmas tree that was 始める，決める in 前線 of the Basilica of St. Francis, in Assisi, Italy, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015. ローマ法王 Francis has lit a candle to symbolize hope for migrants at the same moment a Christmas tree was illuminated in 前線 of St. Francis? Basilica in Assisi. (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)
A 木造の fishing boat used by North African migrants to sail to Lampedusa, Sicily, in 2014 is 始める，決める up at the foot of a Christmas tree that was 始める，決める in 前線 of the Basilica of St. Francis, in Assisi, Italy, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015. ローマ法王 Francis has lit a candle to symbolize hope for migrants at the same moment a Christmas tree was illuminated in 前線 of St. Francis? B asilica in Assisi. (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)
Two Italian 海軍 officers stands by a 木造の fishing boat used by North African migrants to sail to Lampedusa, Sicily, in 2014, at the foot of a Christmas tree that was 始める，決める in 前線 of the Basilica of St. Francis, in Assisi, Italy, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015. ローマ法王 Francis has lit a candle to symbolize hope for migrants at the same moment a Christmas tree was illuminated in 前線 of St. Francis? Basilica in Assisi. (Gian Matteo Crocchioni/ANSA 経由で AP))
ローマ法王 Francis is seen on a 巨大（な） 審査する as he sits at the Vatican while he symbolically lightens a Christmas tree that was 始める，決める in 前線 of the Basilica of St. Francis, in Assisi, Italy, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015. ローマ法王 Francis has lit a candle to symbolize hope for migrants at the same moment a Christmas tree was illuminated in 前線 of St. Francis? Basilica in Assisi. (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)
ローマ法王 F rancis is seen on a 巨大（な） 審査する as he sits at the Vatican while he symbolically lightens a Christmas tree that was 始める，決める in 前線 of the Basilica of St. Francis, in Assisi, Italy, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015. ローマ法王 Francis has lit a candle to symbolize hope for migrants at the same moment a Christmas tree was illuminated in 前線 of St. Francis? Basilica in Assisi. (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)
