{"id":51871,"date":"2014-12-19T20:44:00","date_gmt":"2014-12-19T19:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www1.romereports.com\/2014\/12\/19\/pope-francis-the-christmas-tree-and-the-nativity-scene-bring-a-message-of-hope\/"},"modified":"2014-12-19T20:44:00","modified_gmt":"2014-12-19T19:44:00","slug":"pope-francis-the-christmas-tree-and-the-nativity-scene-bring-a-message-of-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/2014\/12\/19\/pope-francis-the-christmas-tree-and-the-nativity-scene-bring-a-message-of-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis: The Christmas Tree and the Nativity Scene bring a message of hope"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Francis met with pilgrims from Calabria and Verona. These two Italian regions donated the Christmas Tree and Nativity Scene that decorate St. Peter's Square this year.<\/p>\n<p>Although a few days late, the bishops who led the group didn't miss the opportunity to congratulate the Pope for his 78th birthday.<\/p>\n<p>'Your Holiness. Good morning and happy birthday.\u00e2?\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Pope Francis listened to the greetings along with a child who sat by his side. In his address, the Pope told them that both the Christmas Tree and the Nativity Scene showed the Christian heritage of their regions.<\/p>\n<p>POPE FRANCIS<br \/>\n'Thank you very much for these two Christmas gifts, that will be admired by many pilgrims from all over the world.\u00e2?\u009d<\/p>\n<p>The Pope also explained that the Christmas Tree and the Nativity Scene are a sign of friendship \u00a0and fraternity, since they speak to the heart of all kinds of people, including non-believers. He concluded that they bring a message of light, hope and love.<\/p>\n<p>AC\/PM<br \/>\nCTV<br \/>\nVM<br \/>\n-BN<br \/>\nUp:AC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 19, 2014. ;He met with pilgrims from the Italian regions that donated the Christmas Tree and Nativity that decorate St. Peter's Square.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":31997,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"http:\/\/youtu.be\/uYCQQR9Y7Ow","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/","international_url":"http:\/\/romereports.com.edgesuite.net\/news\/bdelegazionealberoint.mov","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51871"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}