Pope Francis marks Epiphany with a solemn Mass at St. Peter's Basilica.
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Pope Francis on Tuesday celebrated Epiphany - the day when the Three Wise Men visited the baby Jesus - with a solemn Mass at St. Peter's Basilica.
As he arrived in the papal basilica, Francis stopped to wave incense and kiss the feet of a baby Jesus statuette.
Large crowds attended the mass celebrating Epiphany which traditionally marks the end of the Christmas season in the Roman and Protestant Christian traditions.
The pope told the congregation that in difficult times people could turn to God for guidance.
"All around us we see wars, the exploitation of children, torture, trafficking in arms, trafficking in persons… In all these realities, in these, the least of our brothers and sisters who are enduring these difficult situations, there is Jesus. The crib points us to a different path from the one cherished by the thinking of this world: it is the path of God's self-abasement, the humility of God's love which descends on us," the pope said.
The Mass and following Angelus prayer marked an end to Francis' hectic first Christmas period as the leader of the Roman Catholic Church.
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