The Archbishop of Canterbury has issued a Christmas message on Twitter, celebrating how a baby “born in the lowest place” outshone the world’s most powerful leaders.
The Most Rev Justin Welby put a modern twist on his festive reflections by this year publishing a thread on the social media site, complete with a hashtag.
His words echoed Pope Francis’s address at Christmas Eve Mass in the Vatican, focusing on Jesus’s humble beginnings amid poverty and conflict.
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Francis told worshippers that the journey made by Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem had parallels with the migrant crisis, as millions of people are “driven from their land”.
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The Archbishop will deliver his sermon at the Sung Eucharist service at Canterbury Cathedral at 11am.