The following is the full text of the letter the Holy Father Francis
wrote to the bishops on the feast of the Holy Innocents, held on 28
December 2016:
Dear Brother,
Today, on the feast of the Holy Innocents, as the words of the angel to the shepherds still resound in our hearts – “I bring you good news of a great joy which will come to all the people; for to you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour” (Lk 2: 10-11) – I feel the need to write to you. We do well to listen to that proclamation again and again; to hear over and over again that God is present in the midst of our people. This certainty, which we renew each year, is the source of our joy and hope.
http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2017/01/02/170101a.html
Dear Brother,
Today, on the feast of the Holy Innocents, as the words of the angel to the shepherds still resound in our hearts – “I bring you good news of a great joy which will come to all the people; for to you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour” (Lk 2: 10-11) – I feel the need to write to you. We do well to listen to that proclamation again and again; to hear over and over again that God is present in the midst of our people. This certainty, which we renew each year, is the source of our joy and hope.
http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2017/01/02/170101a.html