No room at the inn for others amid hectic, hi-tech lives, says Pope He told worshippers: "The great moral question of our attitude toward the homeless, toward refugees and migrants takes on a deeper dimension: Do we really have room for God when he seeks to enter under our roof? Do we have time and space for him? The faster we can move, the more efficient our time-saving appliances become, the less time we have. And God? The question of God never seems urgent. He spoke of fears that "we are so 'full' of ourselves that there is no room left for God." He added: "that means there is no room for others either - for children, for the poor, for the stranger." Later addressing pilgrims in St Peter's Square, he made offered blessings to the Communist leadership in China despite a worsening standoff over religious freedom in the country. He spoke of the new leadership's "high task" of leading a "noble people," while issuing a plea for the Church to be given "esteem." He also decried the slaughter of the "defenseless" in Syria and spoke of his hopes for countries which experiences the Arab Spring, especially what he described as the "beloved land Egypt." In comments given added significance on Christmas Day, he spoke of "the Land where the Redeemer was born" urging Israelis and Palestinians to find the "courage" to take negotiations seriously. It comes just days after the Pope met the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Wearing a scarlet cape trimmed with ermine, he received a rapturous greeting from thousands of pilgrims in the square in which he offered Christmas greetings in 65 languages.