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# In His Christmas Address Pope Francis Unexpectedly Reminded Us That We Are Not a Number but a Face
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/papa-frantsisk-v-svoei-rozhdestvenskoi-rechi-neozhidanno-napomnil-chto-my-ne-chislo-a-litso/
- Published: 2023-12-26T06:31:40.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:34:57.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Faith, Observations, Society

Yet in reality everything now happening in the world looks rather the other way round.

"Amid a world so judgemental and unforgiving", "you are not a number but a face", and the Christ Child "descends into the narrow confines of our lives, not shunning our weaknesses, but making them his own".