Guatemala

“Looking back on my long life, I can only thank the Good Lord for all that He in His Divine Mercy has done for me and in me, and through me with the humble poor Q'eqchi' indigenous people of Guatemala,” Father Jorge Puthenpura SDB

Pope Francis exhorted everyone to rediscover the true richness of Christmas in the address to the delegations who gifted two nativity scenes and a Christmas tree on December 3. The pope said, “In its genuine poverty, the nativity scene helps us to rediscover the true richness of Christmas. Simple and familiar, the nativity scene recalls a different Christmas from the consumerist and commercial one.”