Pope Francis offered his thoughts to victims of terrorism Sunday in his annual Christmas address, days after the truck attack that left 12 dead at a festive Berlin market.

"Peace to those who have lost a person dear to them as a result of brutal acts of terrorism, and to those who have sown fear and death into the hearts of so many countries and cities," the pope told crowds at the Vatican in his traditional "Urbi et Orbi" (To the City and The World) message.