Churches Focus on Christmas Joy After Hard 2020

Churches Focus on Christmas Joy After Hard 2020
Catholic Archbishop Anthony Fisher (C) leads a mass on the eve of Anzac Day at St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney on April 24, 2020. Saeed KHAN / AFP via Getty Images
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Religious leaders are urging the faithful to recognise the joy in their lives this Christmas after a “harrowing” year marked by the coronavirus crisis.

“It’s been a year like no other. A year of anxieties. A year of isolation,” the Catholic Archbishop of Sydney Anthony Fisher said. “In such dark times, celebrating Christmas can seem out of place.”

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