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PBS NewsHour | Calls for Peace Around the World on Christmas | PBS

Duration: 03:43
Program: PBS NewsHour #10525
Broadcast Date: Dec. 25, 2012

Pope Benedict greeted thousands of followers on Christmas Day, calling for an end to violence in Syria and better resources for the displaced and wounded. In Nigeria, in a region where a radical Islamic sect has previously staged attacks, gunmen killed five Christians. And in Newtown, Conn., worshippers marked a somber holiday.

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Post Date: December 25, 2012