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PopeLeoXIVcelebratedthefirstChristmassincehiselectionbydenouncingthesufferingofpeopleofGazatakingshelterintentsfromthe“rain,windandcold”andbycallingforthegunstofallsilentinUkraine.РРРСССРР№СССРРР°OnChristmasDay,thefirstUS-bornpope,offeredthetraditional“UrbietOrbi”blessing(“TotheCityandtotheWorld”)fromthebalconyofStPeter’s,surveyingaworldspeckledwithconflictsfromYementoMyanmar,andcallingforcompassiontowardsthosewhohavefledtheirhomelandstoseekafutureinEuropeandAmerica.РРРСССРР№СССРРР°Leo,whowaselectedonMay8,saidThursdaythatJesusChristis“ourpeace”becausehe“showsusthewaytoovercomeconflicts,whetherinterpersonalorinternational.Withhisgrace,wecanandmusteachdayourparttorejecthatred,violenceandopposition,andtopracticedialogue,peaceandreconciliation.”mellstroyThepontiffbeganbyaskingfor“justice,peaceandstability”forLebanon,thePalestinianterritories,IsraelandSyria.Later,hesaidthat,bybecomingman,“Jesustookuponhimselfourfragility,”allowinghimtoidentify“withthosewhohavenothingleftandhavelosteverything,liketheinhabitantsofGaza.”LeocelebratesChristmasHolyMassattheVatican.LeocelebratesChristmasHolyMassattheVatican.YaraNardi/ReutersLeoholdsanincentburneratStPeter'sBasilica.LeoholdsanincentburneratStPeter'sBasilica.TizianaFabi/AFP/GettyImagesThepope’sfirstChristmassincehiselectiontookplaceinwetandcoldconditions,butthatfailedtodeterlargecrowdsfromcomingouttohearhismessage.EarlierduringMass,heaskedhow,atChristmas,“canwenotthinkofthetentsinGaza,exposedforweekstorain,windandcold.”Withmorethan400,000homesdestroyedduringIsrael’swaragainstHamas,Gazansarebeingforcedtochoosethiswinterbetweenlivingintentsexposedtotheelementsorlivinginsidebuildingsthatcouldcollapseanyminute.“Fragileisthefleshofdefenselesspopulations,triedbysomanywars,ongoingorconcluded,leavingbehindrubbleandopenwounds,”Leosaid.HequotedanIsraelipoet,YehudaAmichai,whocalledforpeacetoblossom“likewildflowers.”RelatedarticleTheactingLatinPatriarchofJerusalemPierbattistaPizzaballaattendsamorningMassatSaintCatherine'sChurch,intheChurchoftheNativity,inBethlehem,intheIsraeli-occupiedWestBankDecember25,2025.REUTERS/MussaQawasmaChristmascelebratedonceagaininBethlehembutWestBanksufferingpersistsLaterduringhisChristmasmessage,hecalledforcompassiontowardsthose“whoarefleeingtheirhomelandtoseekafutureelsewhere,likethemanyrefugeesandmigrantswhocrosstheMediterraneanortraversetheAmericancontinent.”HeofferedChristmasgreetingsindifferentlanguagesincludingItalian,English,Arabic,Chinese,Polish.Sincehiselection,LeohashighlightedtheplightofthosesufferingofthoseinGaza,andhasbeenoutspokenbycallingforthebettertreatmentofmigrants.InhisfirstmajorinterviewinSeptember,theAmericanpopevoicedconcernover“somethings”happeninginthecountryofhisbirth,highlightingthesignificanceofaletterhispredecessor,PopeFrancis,hadsenttoUSbishopsearlierthisyear,rebukingtheadministration’sdeportationplans.mellstroycomhttps://mellstroy5.com |
