Church leaders urge us to ‘recognise the joy’ after a year of pain and hardship

Thursday December 24, 2020

Religious leaders are urging the faithful to recognise the joy in their lives this Christmas after a “harrowing” year marked by the coronavirus crisis.

Archbishop of Sydney Reverend Anthony Fisher. (AAP Image/Steven Saphore)

“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.”

But Christmas, which falls on Friday, is a time of hope and celebration and could be the circut breaker people need after a harrowing…

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