Pope Leo XIV, Christmas
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In a special Christmas message, Archbishop Thomas Wenski reminds the public about the nativity story, drawing similarities between Mary and Joseph's difficult journey to Bethlehem to that of immigrants today.
Pope Leo XIV celebrated the first Christmas since his election by denouncing the suffering of people of Gaza – taking shelter in tents from the “rain, wind and cold” – and by calling for the guns to fall silent in Ukraine.
During his first Christmas Day message, Pope Leo XIV highlighted the suffering in Gaza, Yemen and among migrants, and called for peace in troubled regions like Lebanon, Ukraine and Syria.
"Jesus took upon himself our fragility, identifying with each one of us: with those who have nothing left," the pontiff said.
The bishop of a war-torn Sudanese diocese addressed the people of God in the midst of their suffering and the hope still carried by the celebration of Christmas.
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Pope Leo XIV is preparing to hold his first Christmas Mass in St Peter's Basilica on Christmas Eve. The Chicago-born pope is the first U.S. cleric to occupy the position, succeeding Argentinian-born Pope Francis, who died this spring.
The Archbishop of Sydney Anthony Fisher has delivered his Christmas message, shining light in the darkness, following the Bondi terrorist attack.
On the morning of December 25, at the Diwaniya of the Catholic Church in the State of Kuwait, it was a great joy for us to welcome this blessed gathering of well-wishers, faithful, heads of Churches in Kuwait,
Despite ongoing tensions in the Middle East, the heads of the churches in Jerusalem have emphasized the Christian message of hope at Christmas in a joint message published on Tuesday. The group includes the patriarchs of the Greek Orthodox, the Armenian ...