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Pope Francis Urges Christians to Spend Less on Christmas, Send Savings to Ukraine
Daily Fetched ^ | 12/15/2022 | Jason Walsh

Posted on 12/16/2022 9:01:59 AM PST by Jan_Sobieski

Pope Francis has urged Christians to spend less on Christmas and to send their savings to the people of Ukraine amid the war with Russia.

The Pontiff addressed crowds gathered in the Vatican for his weekly General Audience.

“There is so much suffering in Ukraine, so much, so much!” the Pope said.
“I would like to draw some attention to the coming Christmas, even the parties,” he said.

“It’s nice to celebrate Christmas, to have parties… but let’s lower the level of Christmas spending a bit,” he added.

The Pope then suggested that the money saved on the commercial side of Christmas should be sent to Ukraine.

“Let’s have a humbler Christmas, with more humble gifts,” the Pope proposed. “We send what we save to the Ukrainian people, who are in need, who suffer so much.”

“They are hungry, they feel the cold, and many die because there are no doctors or nurses at hand,” Pope Francis said.

“Let us not forget: a Christmas, yes; at peace with the Lord, yes, but with Ukrainians in our hearts,” he added.

“And let’s make that concrete gesture for them,” he concluded.

The Pope Francis’s remarks come after 70 countries pledged an additional one billion euros ($1.1 billion) to be sent to Ukraine.

Earlier this week, President Volodymyr Zelensky called for more funds to help his country withstand the winter ahead.

In October, The Daily Fetched reported the Biden White House announced a $275 million new weapons package for Ukraine, bringing the total to $18.5 billion sent to the country since January 2021…

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TOPICS: Religion
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To: adorno

Everyone is already contributing ‘gifts’ to Ukraine via tax dollars. Last time I checked, gifts should be voluntary.


21 posted on 12/16/2022 9:17:36 AM PST by Right Brother
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

FUGS


22 posted on 12/16/2022 9:18:22 AM PST by fretzer
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To: Jan_Sobieski

Thanks, but we’re routing our contributions through the IRS to fund Mrs. Zelynsky’s shopping spree....


23 posted on 12/16/2022 9:19:10 AM PST by G Larry ( "woke" means 'stupid enough to fall for the promotion of every human weakness into a virtue')
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To: BenLurkin

So true! Why doesn’t he sell some of the Vatican treasures and send the proceeds to Ukraine.


24 posted on 12/16/2022 9:19:44 AM PST by carikadon (Don't mess with Texas)
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To: Right Brother
Everyone is already contributing ‘gifts’ to Ukraine via tax dollars.

True, but, that's not what Francis had in mind.
25 posted on 12/16/2022 9:20:59 AM PST by adorno
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To: Jan_Sobieski

And the pope might consider spending more time on Christianity and less time on Communism.


26 posted on 12/16/2022 9:30:40 AM PST by Da Coyote
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To: Jan_Sobieski

Apparently, the prayers for peace are over. It’s time for the Pope to do some fundraising for missiles for Ukraine. Perhaps the Pope will do a telethon for rocket launchers and tanks!


27 posted on 12/16/2022 9:30:46 AM PST by Obadiah (Calamity Joe Biden)
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To: Jan_Sobieski

Yeah, I’m gonna skip Christmas and send my money to the Galician Reich because a fake pope from Argentina says I should.


28 posted on 12/16/2022 9:30:55 AM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: Jan_Sobieski

10% to the pope?


29 posted on 12/16/2022 9:31:17 AM PST by farmguy
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To: KobraKai

Your 2005 liberal talking points about Christmas are clichéd and inaccurate.

But I agree with you about Ukraine.


30 posted on 12/16/2022 9:31:35 AM PST by Jotmo (Whoever said, "The pen is mightier than the sword." has clearly never been stabbed to death.)
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To: Jan_Sobieski

Is he saying that to RUSSIAN Christians too?


31 posted on 12/16/2022 9:31:48 AM PST by red-dawg (They're going to have to pry my gasoline powered car from my cold, dead hands.)
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To: Jan_Sobieski

My instincts tell me that if Francis is for Ukraine, I should be against them. . . .


32 posted on 12/16/2022 9:32:41 AM PST by RatRipper
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To: Jotmo

Really? American Christmas is so commercialized as to be grotesque and sacrilegious. My mere acknowledgment of this fact is the real conservative viewpoint.


33 posted on 12/16/2022 9:46:53 AM PST by KobraKai
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To: Jan_Sobieski

How exactly do you send the money to Ukraine? Do you just stick dollar bills in an envelope and address it to the Ukrainian post office? Who do you make your check payable to? Do they take Visa and MasterCard?

It does seem like a strange request , for someone to say spend less money on Christmas , and send the difference to Ukraine. Among other things how do you know your money will get to the people who really need it?


34 posted on 12/16/2022 9:49:53 AM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Jan_Sobieski

Implied is the intent to send money to the Ukraine is only to be done AFTER you’d tithed your money to the Catholic Church.

Like the little-big guy in the White House, this guy wants his 10 percent.

Not knocking the Catholics.

The current Pope would NOT and does NOT want to have his monies messed with because he has bills to pay, people to support.


35 posted on 12/16/2022 10:11:05 AM PST by Notthereyet (NotThereYet. )
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To: BenLurkin

The pontiff can shove it in his pointed hat.


36 posted on 12/16/2022 11:18:09 AM PST by Sam Gamgee
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To: KobraKai

Over commercialized, I agree. It’s sad and pathetic how little our modern civilization celebrates Christmas, with almost no thought of the point and purpose of the Holiday’s true Christian meaning.

Most people give no thought to Christ, or more typically now days, deliberately avoid any mention of him on his birthday to avoid offending the perpetually butt hurt and noisy segment of our population.

However, that is not pagan.

When most people refer to a “pagan celebration of Christmas”, they’re referring to the customs, iconography and rituals of the traditional Christmas season. Christmas tree, celebrating in December, Santa Claus, Etc.

Those things do have a Christian origination source. But it became fashionable years ago to claim that all our Christmas celebrations were based on pagan rituals, or were modified to more closely resemble them.

That’s what I was referring to.


37 posted on 12/16/2022 2:53:12 PM PST by Jotmo (Whoever said, "The pen is mightier than the sword." has clearly never been stabbed to death.)
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To: Jan_Sobieski

That’s not even funny.

We ARE spending less on Christmas.

AND ..

We ARE sending money to Ukraine in the form of our tax dollars.


38 posted on 12/16/2022 3:58:56 PM PST by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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