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Celebrate Jesus, Joy of the World

Children’s Book Picks for Christmas

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Patricia A. and Kerry Crawford Features

Last Christmas, Pope Benedict XVI greeted children at the Vatican by sharing special words with them: "My Christmas wish for you is that, when you make your Nativity scenes, you imagine you are saying to Jesus: ‘Come into my life, and I will listen to you always.’" In inviting Jesus into their lives, the Pope said, children will discover a great Friend, a Friend whom they will meet in prayer, among others and in the Gospel message.

These books celebrate that Friend and the spirit of generosity and joy for which Christmastime — Jesus’ birthday — is known.

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Patricia A. and Kerry Crawford

Patricia A. and Kerry Crawford

Palestinian Christians celebrate Easter Sunday Mass at Holy Family Church in Gaza City on March 31, amid the ongoing battles Israel and the Hamas militant group.

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‘Why go to Mass on Sundays? It is not enough to answer that it is a precept of the Church. … We Christians need to participate in Sunday Mass because only with the grace of Jesus, with his living presence in us and among us, can we put into practice his commandment, and thus be his credible witnesses.’ —Pope Francis

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