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Skies of Bethlehem ‘full of fear’, says Archbishop of Canterbury in Christmas Day sermon

Source: PA

The Archbishop of Canterbury has used his Christmas Day sermon to highlight anti-Semitism in the UK and the suffering of children caught up in the Israel-Hamas war.

Referring to Jesus Christ’s birthplace, which is now in the Israeli-occupied , the Most Reverend said “the are full of fear rather than angels and glory”.

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