VATICAN CITY (Dec 25): Pope Leo XIV held the first Christmas mass of his pontificate on Wednesday, greeting thousands of faithful gathered in St Peter’s Square before the service. During the mass, Leo said Christmas was a feast of “faith, charity and hope” and criticised a “distorted economy” that “leads us to treat human beingsRead More

Pope Leo decried conditions for Palestinians in Gaza in his Christmas ⁠sermon on Thursday, in an unusually direct appeal during what is normally a solemn, spiritual service on the day Christians across the globe celebrate the birth of Jesus. FRANCE 24 speaks to Missimo d’Angelo, research associate at Loughborough University London.

Pope Leo XIV led the Christmas Day Mass from the central altar beneath the balustrade of St. Peter’s Basilica

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV during his first Christmas Day message on Thursday urged the faithful to shed indifference in the face of those who have lost everything, like in Gaza, those who are in impoverished, like in Yemen, and the many...

Celebrations were in full swing in the occupied West Bank city. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.