Pope Francis delivered the above plea in his Christmas “Urbi et Orbi” message to thousands in St. Peter’s Square, Rome.
Pope Francis in his Christmas Day blessing address urged the international community to crack down “unanimously” on the ISIL jihadist group and to end "atrocities" in the Middle East and Africa.
The Queen will use her Christmas broadcast to urge people to keep up their hopes at the end of a year that has been marked by disasters, including deadly extremist attacks and a refugee crisis that has seen millions flee their homes.
The monarch will use her 63rd speech to emphasise her belief that light will overcome dark. And she will seek to remind the country that Christmas is a “time to remember all that we have to be thankful for”.
In his Christmas sermon, the archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, calls the Islamic State a ‘Herod of today’ which is destroying Christianity in its birthplace.
An Islamic State “apocalypse” has left Christianity facing elimination in the very region where the faith was born two millennia ago, according to the archbishop.
‘Solidarity’ was the theme chosen for the traditional Christmas message from the Cardinal Patriarch of the diocese of Lisbon who spoke of refugees from war-torn countries and the duty of all to improving their conditions.
"There are many people throughout the world that particularly are affected by conflicts of all kinds, we want to be involved and committed to improving conditions so they can live in peace and security," said Manuel Clemente in his message broadcast on RTP1.
Portugal's former Prime Minister, Pedro Passos Coelho, said in his Christmas speech released today, for those who wanted to take on the responsibilities of government, to let them get on with it.
"Now that there is a new government it is time to leave those who wanted to take on this responsibility to govern, to give them time to affirm their policies and contribute to solving the most important problems in our way," said Pedro Passos Coelho in his video message.
Banif boss Jorge Tomé estimates that more than 600 employees will be sacked by Santander in the near future and that the solution found by the Bank of Portugal and the government to avoid Banif going under, was “disastrous.”
In a statement to the television station SIC on Thursday, Jorge Tomé criticised the way the deal was done by the Bank of Portugal and the Portuguese Government with the approval of the European authorities.
An aeroplane owned by the Peruvian airline LAN made an emergency landing in Faro on Thursday at around noon after its captain had contacted air traffic control to report a total engine failure.
Luckily the Boeing 763 has more than one engine and the flight carrying 244 passengers between the Peruvian capital Lima, and Madrid, landed without incident.
"There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about," according to Oscar Wilde.
With this in mind, Bruno Paixão at the University of Coimbra decided his Phd should be based on an analysis of media coverage of Portugal's politicians who have been involved in a scandal involving the misuse of power, using a position for financial gain and those involving sexual misdeeds.
