Cardinal David hits Israel, says Jesus would have been born in Gaza

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Kalookan Bishop Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David on Christmas Eve calls on Filipino Catholics to empathize with Palestinians.  Full story: https://www.rappler.com/philippines/cardinal-pablo-virgilio-david-statement-israel-jesus-would-have-been-born-gaza/

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00:00Caloocan Bishop Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David on Christmas Eve calls on Filipino Catholics

00:05to empathize with Palestinians.

00:07In his concluding Simbanggabi sermon, the Philippines' newest cardinal says if Jesus

00:11were born today, it would be in war-torn Gaza.

00:15He notes the biblical Israel is very different from the Israel that's been pounding Gaza

00:19with airstrikes and ground assaults since October 2023.

00:22David says it is no longer an Israel that is disadvantaged, defenseless, and oppressed

00:27by the powerful, but an Israel that is aggressive, at an advantage at war, and supported by world

00:32powers.

00:33In the Vatican, Pope Francis urges Catholics to reflect on Christ's birth as a poor carpenter

00:37son to inspire hope that everyone can make an impact on the world.

00:41Francis says,

00:42"...hope calls us to be upset with things that are wrong and to find the courage to

00:46change them."

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