Religious leaders are urging the faithful to recognise the joy in their lives this Christmas after a “harrowing” year marked by the coronavirus crisis. “It’s been a year like no other. A year of anxieties. A year of isolation,” the Catholic Archbishop of Sydney Anthony Fisher said. “In such dark times, celebrating Christmas can seem out of place.” But Christmas, which falls on Friday, is a time of hope and celebration and could be the circut breaker people need after a harrowing year, the Anglican Archbishop of Sydney, Glenn Davies said. “For most of us, we will just make it to the finish line and will be glad to see the back of 2020,” said Dr Davies, who heads Australia’s largest Anglican diocese. “We desperately need the joy of Christmas and the deeper meaning of this festival. “The main thing we have we learned from COVID-19 is that we crave relationship with others without the …
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