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Pope Francis laments on ongoing wars in his Christmas message

PopeFrancis delivers his Christmas message from the central balcony of St Peters Basilica. [AP]

Pope Francis used his Christmas message Sunday to lament the "icy winds of war" buffeting humanity across the globe.

He further made an impassioned plea for an immediate end to the fighting in Ukraine, a 10-month-old conflict he decried as "senseless."

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