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‘Hark the herald angels sing …’ But peace on earth, when?
Does the strife in the Holy Land question the relevance of Christmas, or render its message more urgent?
Colleen O'ReillyArchdeacon“Hark the herald angels sing … peace on earth”; but when, we ask? Yet again, Christmas will be celebrated in a world caught up in violence in too many places. Has it ever been different?
The list of countries that know no peace grows year on year. This Christmas the war between Israel and Hamas, the organisation ruling in Gaza, dominates the news, moving other conflicts down in Western concerns.
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