Christian hope is knowing that whatever dark or frightening things are going on in one's life, God is there offering protection and light, Pope Francis said.
Holding his general audience in the Vatican audience hall decorated with Nativity scenes and Christmas ornaments from the state of Queretaro, Mexico, Pope Francis announced on Wednesday that he was beginning a series of audience talks about hope.
Especially during Advent and in preparation for Christmas, he urged people to read the second half of the Book of Isaiah, "the great prophet of Advent, the great messenger of hope."
