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Pope Francis arrives to lead a mass with tens of thousands of people at a Bangkok stadium. IMAGES
Pope Francis urges those "intoxicated" by possessions and superficial appearances to return to the essential values of life. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
Images show Pope Francis stepping onto the balcony of St.Peter's Basilica at the Vatican to deliver his annual Christmas Day "Urbi and Orbi" mass. During his speech, he called for an end to "to every war, to the very mindset of war, an aimless voyage, a defeat without victors, an inexcusable folly". IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron and the French First Lady Brigitte Macron arrive at the giant mass celebrated by Pope Francis at the Stade Velodrome in Marseille, in front of tens of thousands of people. IMAGES
Pope Francis meets a crowd of Catholic faithful before conducting the final mass of his trip to Mongolia at the "Steppe Arena" hockey stadium, on a visit that has seen him seek to build bridges with neighbouring China. IMAGES
Pilgrims gather in Lisbon for a huge open-air Mass with Pope Francis for World Youth Day. The service will take place at the Parque Tejo on the outskirts of the Portuguese capital, with many people having slept overnight in the park, which was built for the occasion on a former landfill site. The weather is a concern with temperatures expected to soar to 41 degrees Celsius (106 degrees Fahrenheit). IMAGES
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