Pope Francis appeals for peace in Gaza during Christmas Eve mass
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 25 December 2023
⏱️ 27 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Pope Francis said Jesus' message of peace is being drowned out by what he called the "futile logic of war". Also: Serbia protestors try to storm Belgrade City Hall, and scientists develop unique ways of collecting information about smells -- to preserve them for future generations.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Something mysterious, plagues County Mayo on the west coast of Ireland, and its legendary Gaelic football team. |
| 0:06.0 | Sometimes I think there's something sinister going on. |
| 0:09.0 | I believe in the curse. I think it's real. |
| 0:11.0 | Listen to the curious tale of the Mayo curse on amazing... the |
| 0:14.0 | mayo curse on amazing sports stories from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:18.0 | Search for amazing sports stories wherever you get your BBC podcasts. |
| 0:22.0 | This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:27.0 | I'm Valerie Sanderson and in the early hours of Monday the 25th of December these are our main stories. At his |
| 0:35.1 | Christmas Eve mass Pope Francis appealed for peace as dozens are reported |
| 0:39.6 | killed at a refugee camp in Gaza in the latest Israeli |
| 0:43.4 | air strike. In Serbia demonstrations which turned violent |
| 0:47.2 | are broken up by the police. They followed last week's |
| 0:50.1 | elections which the opposition says were marred by fraud. The British |
| 0:54.5 | billionaire Jim Ratcliffe is buying a 25% stake in Manchester United Football Club |
| 1:00.1 | at a cost of 1.6 billion dollars. Also in this podcast |
| 1:05.0 | Gla Tidings Off will save your brain. |
| 1:10.0 | Estrain a that she gave him ring on. 90 years after it was written the Christmas Carol performed in its hometown of |
| 1:18.2 | Barnsley in the north of England. |
| 1:22.4 | As the war in government England. |
| 1:24.2 | As the war in Gaza continues, celebrations for the Christian festival of Christmas have been |
| 1:29.5 | cancelled in Bethlehem in the West Bank. It's the city according to the Bible where Jesus Christ was born |
| 1:35.9 | more than 2,000 years ago and it's a place usually filled with music and carols in |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from BBC, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of BBC and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.