Vatican City: Pope likens Mary and Joseph to modern-day migrants

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Francis said some modern-day migrants are "surviving the Herods of today, who, to impose their power and increase their wealth, see no problem in shedding innocent blood."

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By Greg Toppo | December 24, 2017

Pope Francis on Sunday compared the journey of Mary and Joseph to those of millions of modern-day migrants forced to leave their homeland for survival or a better life, expressing hope during his Christmas vigil Mass that that no one will feel that “there is no room for them on this Earth.”

Celebrating the late evening Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City, Francis said Mary and Joseph's journey to Bethlehem brought them to a land “where there was no place for them,” adding, "So many other footsteps are hidden in the footsteps of Joseph and Mary. ... We see the tracks of entire families forced to set out in our own day. We see the tracks of millions of persons who do not choose to go away, but driven from their land, leave behind their dear ones.”

Invoking the New Testament tyrant whose vow to kill Jesus prompted Mary and Joseph to flee to Egypt, Francis said some modern-day migrants are "surviving the Herods of today, who, to impose their power and increase their wealth, see no problem in shedding innocent blood."

But Christmas, he said, is a time "for turning the power of fear into the power of charity.”

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