This collection of addresses from Francis' first Advent and Christmas season as Pope shows his deep understanding of the incarnation and especially of its Marian dimension, its significance for every Christian and for the world at large.
Pope Francis's homilies and catecheses for the Masses and feasts of Advent and Christmastide are a wonderful way to prepare for a season that is full of a meaning that the world often overlooks.
... Christmas was established in Rome precisely in 354 C.E. by Pope Liberius ( 352-355 . ) His argument is based both on its listing in the 354 Chronograph , and on the evidence of a sermon then attributed to Liberius at the profession of ...