罗马天主教教宗方济各将向聚集在圣彼得广场上成千上万的人和世界各地更多的人发表他担任教宗以来的第二个圣诞致辞。
教宗方济各星期三在圣彼得大教堂主持了圣诞夜弥撒，呼吁全世界12亿天主教徒牢记，上帝的和平信息强于黑暗和腐败。
弥撒开始前，教宗方济各给逃离伊斯兰国武装分子后在伊拉克北部地区一座难民营栖身的基督徒打电话说：“你们就像圣诞夜的耶稣。耶稣无处栖身，后来为了保全自己，不得不逃到埃及。”
Pope Francis is set to deliver his second annual Christmas blessing to thousands of people gathered in St. Peter's Square and many more watching from around the world.
The pope led a solemn Christmas Eve Mass Wednesday night at St. Peter's Basilica where he called on the world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics to remember that God's message of peace "is stronger than darkness and corruption."
Before the service, Pope Francis spoke by telephone with Christian refugees in northern Iraq who fled from Islamic State militants. He told them: "You are like Jesus on Christmas night. There was no room for him either, and he had to flee to Egypt later to save himself."
