Pope Francis also prayed for the victims of the attacks on Sunday.

“Let’s not extinguish the hope in their hearts; let's not suffocate their hopes for peace,” the pope said of refugees.

The photo shows a young boy, about 10 years old, carrying his dead little brother on his back.

In his homily on New Year’s eve,, the pope said God gave to us a “whole and sound” year, but “we humans in so many ways ruined and hurt it.”

We celebrate the Virgin Mary because in her, the mystery of Christmas saturates creation.

No one can love us like family, and no one can hurt us like family.