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In New Year message, pope decries violence against women

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In New Year message, pope decries violence against women
In New Year message, pope decries violence against women

Pope Francis used his New Year message to decry violence against women.

Julian Satterthwaite reports.

Pope Francis gave his first sermon of the New Year on Wednesday (January 1).

Speaking in a packed St Peter's Basilica, he called for an end to violence against women: (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) POPE FRANCIS, SAYING: "The rebirth of humanity began with women (...) How often is a woman's body sacrificed on the profane altar of advertising, profit, pornography, exploited as a surface to be used.

It must be freed from consumerism, it must be respected and honored.

It is the noblest flesh in the world."

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