jumped of course francis allen jumped the chance to take in. she wanted someone to take care of and lavished attention. unfortunately john allen could have children and already had children with other people. he did not want to take care of someone else. he mentioned to children in his will that she had never seen before, but somebody told him they deserve somebody, but edgar was never put in the will. in his letters john refers to , hill about they devil actres'' children. say he is salty and doesn't show a spark of gratitude. there is just not one good thing about that boy. poe seems to have developed an interest in storytelling very early on. one of his friends, john hamilton mckenzie, apparently fell out of a tree and broke his arm. and then before the arm had a chance to heal, he was jumping on his bed, fell off the bed and broke his arm again, and his mother told him, well, don't go outside. stay home, and just entertain this little kid edgar. so they entertained each other by telling stories. and john hamilton mckenzie recalls telling ed

francis does, dana. >> he sure does, john allen, thank you so much.rome. >>> and in england, the british royal family broke with tradition at their annual christmas day church service. prince harry was joined by his fiance, meghan markle, the first time someone who has yet to marry into the royal family was invited to the service. while the day is full of celebration, the queen struck a somber tone in her annual christmas day broadcast. >> this christmas i thing of london and manchester, whose powerful identities shone through over the past 12 months in the face of appalling attacks. our thoughts and prayers are with all those who died and those who lost so much. and we are indebted to members of the emergency services who risked their own lives this past year saving others. >> and here in the u.s., many people woke up to a white christmas. but a mix of snow, rain, and ice is creating hazardous travel conditions from coast to coast. more than 40 million people are under a winter weather alert. some places expecting more than a foot of fresh snow. mete

pope francis touching on critical conflicts notably in the mideast. john allen is live for us in rome. the pontiff not shying away from controversy, even on christmas. >> hi there, merry christmas to you and yours. you are absolutely right. pope francis famously does not pull his punches, even on the holiest of days on the christian calendar, and we saw him at it again today. in the beginning he was seen as a peace pope, and it was peace on his heart and mind today, in light of the recent decision by u.s. president donald trump to relocate the american embassy in israel and the controversy it's generated. pope francis began by praying for peace in jerusalem and reiterating the vatican's long-held support of a two-state solution. he mentioned myanmar, where he called for greater dignity for threatened minorities there, though very carefully without actually using the word rohingya, a word he also avoided on his trip there out of fear of inflaming popular opinion and making things worse. then he mentioned venezuela, iraq, syria, several african nations, the confli

francis delivering his christmas day address and blessing. he's touching on critical conflicts, notably in the mideast. cnn's john allen is live in rome. merry christmas to you. so it seems that the pontiff isn't shying away from controversy even on christmas. >> reporter: hi there. merry christmas. that's right. pope francis legendary has no off switch. we saw him very much on again giving a 360-degree review of global hot spots he's worried about. as you said, he mentioned the heart on the heels of condemning president trump's relocation of the embassy in israel. he mentioned the middle east, prayed for peace for jerusalem, reiterated the vatican support for the two-state solution. also mentioned his recent trip to myanmar, talked about threats to minorities there. although pointedly without using the word rohingya to refer to the oppressed muslim minority there. he avoided that word also when he was in myanmar out of concern for making the situation worse. mentioned venezuela, several african nations, and on and on. pope francis thinks of himself as a peace pope. and that's very much what we saw in action in rome for christmas, 2017.

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allen joining us from rome. this is the fifth christmas for pope francis there as the leader of the catholic church there.t his message might be this year? >> first of all, happy christmas to you. since the precedent has been set let me send a shout out to my wife. merry christmas to you, sweetheart. i think the story of christmas from the pope's point of view is the story of a poor child born to a refugee family in bethlehem. i think the expectation is that pope francis will connect the story of the christ child to all the contemporary displaced and refugee families of the world. pope francis typically is not the sort of up with people pope we often see. he typically is a more somber figure reflecting more on the injustices and tragedies of the world. that is probably the tone he will set this evening as he celebrates what is traditionally known as midnight mass here in the vat caneven though it starts at 9:30 in the evening. shortly we will hear the pope launch into his homily, his reflection for the pivotal point. is the expectation that he might be equally reflective as he would be hopeful for the new

allen is live in rome. >> hi, pamela. you're absolutely right. pope francis legendarily has no off switch, and he certainly didn't take christmas day 2017 off, continuing to press his campaign for peace in a variety of global hot spots. he began with the middle east in the wake of president trump's controversial decision to relocate the american embassy in israel. he prayed for peace in jerusalem, reiterated the long-standing support for a two-state solution that goes back to the partition. he then touched on myanmar, a country he visited in 2017. although carefully without using the the word rohingya, simply referring to the need for the dignity of minorities there to be protected. he also omitted the word rohingya in myanmar. that was an effort to not inflame the situation. he touched on venezuela, the ukraine, a variety of african nations, iraq, and syria, and on perennial threats such as child soldiers, human trafficking. so if you were looking for a preview, pamela, of the pope's political and diplomatic to do list in 2018, that's more of what we got in

it is pope francis's fifth christmas as leader of the roman catholic church residing over mass. our senior vatican analyst john allen mayoroiy one of hope and peace. might this year be any different? >> reporter: hi. well, i mean, typically christmas eve and as you say this is the fifth time we have seen pope francis in action on christmas eve typically catches him in a more somber mood. tonight was no exception. we had heard him focussing on the gospel story of the birth of christ. remember this is a story of jesus' parents, jesus and mary, being dislodged from their homes and forced to go on the road to bethlehem where there is no accommodation so they have to take refuge in a manger where christ is born. pope francis was using that story tonight as a kind of metaphor for all of those people in the world today who have been displaced from their homes. you know, the united nations says there are 65.6 million displaced people today including about 20 million refugees and 10 million stateless persons. pope francis said we can see traces and hear echoes of all of those people in the story of the holy family, the story

right now pope francis delivering his christmas day address and blessing to the city of rome and to the entire world. cnn's john alleni know this is a pontiff who's been especially outspoken on international issues. what is his message today? >> reporter: hi there, merry christmas to you and yours. this is important to remember that to the city and world, the address that francis is giving today, isn't just the pope saying merry christmas, and it's not an exclusively religious message. there's a lot of politics in there, too. kind of a 360-degree review of the global situation. in light of the tensions over jerusalem and the vatican's long-standing support for a two-state solution to the israeli/palestinian conflict, it's reasonable to think the pope may touch on that today. i would expect him to touch on other areas of the middle east, especially iraq and syria, with which the vatican has been concerned this year. probably parts of africa and asia, as well, especially the korean conflict. even on this holiest day of the year for christians, this is a pope who will remain determined to try to press the ball on his di

military came back to you in the studio elect allen and hanover thank you we'll cross live to you i guess when when you do have a result thanks. now pope francis has wrapped up his asia tour after meeting range refugees in bangladesh in a highly symbolic gesture of solidarity with the muslim minority fleeing violence in myanmar the catholic pontiff visited a hospital in dhaka run by the order of mother teresa on the final day of a visit to bangladesh and that's being dominated by the plight of the ranger child stratfor takes a look back at a strip and whether he achieved his objectives. it was never going to be easy for pope francis a trip to a country that the u.s. and the u.n. accuse of ethnic cleansing meeting myanmar's leaders of the more than six hundred twenty five thousand muslim or hindu flip the latest military crackdown. rights groups a man most soldiers killed many civilians and gang raped women as they swept through revenge of villages following a tank spy ring rebel group in late august. the pope was advised not to even use the word ranger in myanmar for fear of a backlash against christian. as there is. the future of me and my mu

allen has more on the political atmosphere around the world. >> hi there. merry christmas to you and yours on what has been a gorgeous monday here in rome. from the very beginning, pope francis a peace pope and someone trying to bring healing on the troubled situations with heartache and conflict. even on one of the holiest days on the christmas calendar, he didn't give himself the day off. instead, we are in the hard hitting review of the global situati situation? jerusalem stoked the anxiety of fears of a wider conflict. he paraded for peace and reiterated the long standing support for a two-state solution to the israeli-palestinian conflict. he talked about myanmar, and called for greater respect for the dignity of minorities there. though pointedly without using the word, he avoided it when he was on the ground in response it a plea from his own cardinal who warned that it might inflame sentiments with hard line buddhist nationalists and ended uppic maing the situation worse. iraq and yemen and a series of african nations. the korean peninsula and fears of a nuclear exchange. any conflict is under way or might break out. if you wanted a preview of the pope's to do list i