Pope Francis talks to journalists.
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Pope Francis on Sunday kicked off global Christmas celebrations with a call for peace, as Israel’s war on Hamas and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine cast a shadow over one of the world’s favourite holidays.
Children around the globe meanwhile tracked Santa, his reindeer and their present-laden sleigh with the help of noradsanta.org, a 3D interactive website run annually by a joint US-Canadian military monitoring agency.
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