Vatican City, Dec 17, 2016 / 08:53 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- There’s a Christmas reason to speak always about the poor and about mercy, Pope Francis told a benefit concert Saturday.

“At times someone says to me ‘But Father, you always speak about the poor and about mercy.’ Yes, I say. But this is not a malady. It’s simply the way that God had revealed himself,” the Pope said in a Dec. 17 video message.