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This is the end of the year when political circles are frustrated, the economy is difficult, and the answer to the problem of the Korean Peninsula is not clear. So today (25th), the voice of praying for warmth and peace in the Christmas season seemed more intense.

I'm Kim Young-ah.

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The birth of a baby Jesus, who came to a low place to spread the light to the dark world 2000 years ago.

From midnight, churches and churches throughout the country continued to worship with masses celebrating Christmas.

In the Mass at the Myeongdong Basilica, the Cardinal Choe prayed for the hope and light of Christmas as comfort and light for the brothers as well as for the South.

In particular, he emphasized that we must pray constantly for the peace on the Korean peninsula, as the progress of inter-Korean relations has brought us the expectations of the world toward peace.

[Salt / Cardinal: True peace is, above all, a gift from God that can be surely obtained by our prayers.]

President Moon Jae-in delivered a Christmas message through SNS.

Moon added, "I think about the warmth of Jesus in our hearts," adding that poet Park Na-hae, who remembers the grandmother who was worried about the cold when the cold came.

"I wish that my happy grandmother's heart is the heart of Jesus," and "I want my happiness to be the happiness of all."

(Image coverage: Hwang In-seok, Image editing: Park Ki-deok)