His comments at Christmas Eve Mass in the Vatican follow previous comments about the war in Ukraine.
Francis said he thought "above all of the children devoured by war, poverty and injustice"
"How many wars have we seen!" he said, adding that the main victims were "the weak and the vulnerable".He was addressing worshippers at St Peter's Basilica in Vatican City.
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