to be welcoming towards people who have been driven from their homelands by conflict comparing marian josephs journey to bethlehem with the mass migration seen today the holy couple had arrived he said at a place where there was no room for them to stay. or . so many other footsteps are hidden in the steps of joseph and mary we see the tracks of entire families forced to set out in our own day we see the tracks of millions who do not choose to go away but driven from their land leave behind their dear ones. so. the pope support for refugees has put him at odds with some politicians but already it's become a key feature of his tenure. all here in germany president carter steinmeier has urged calm despite political uncertainty in the country america has been trying to form a new coalition government since federal elections back in september and his first christmas address steinmeyer encouraged germans to draw lessons from the past for fast. by the summer thirty years ago the christmas season was characterized by incredible or and enthusiasm thanks to the fall of the wall. although it was an unf