In his first Christmas as leader of the Catholic church, Pope Francis has urged people to shun pride and selfishness and open their hearts to God.Francis, who became the first non-European pope in 1,300 years in March after the historic resignation of Pope Benedict IX addressed packed St Peters Basilica in Vatican City on Christmas Eve.
He told worshippers in Rome to receive their fellow man with open hearts in the Christmas Mass service.
Thousands gazed at the pontiff's image on giant screens to watch the Sistine Chapel intoning the Gloria, a traditional prayer to herald Christmas.
Pope Francis delivered a brief and simple homlily, telling worshippers: 'On the part of the people there are times of both light and darkness, fidelity and infidelity, obedience, and rebellion; times of being a pilgrim people and times of being a people adrift.'
Speaking in Italian, he continued: 'In our personal history too, there are both bright and dark moments, lights and shadows.
A Chinese woman has spoken about giving birth to IVF twins and becoming the country's oldest mother at 60. Sheng Hailin decided that she wanted to become a mother again after her daughter, 29, was killed by carbon monoxide poisoning in 2009.
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