Pope Leo XIV sends greetings to the 48th European Youth Meeting organized by the Taizé Community in France encouraging the participants to build peace among people and share humble and joyful hope with all those they encounter.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he plans to travel to the United States in the coming days for a key meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, as Washington pushes for possible peace talks to end the war.
On the feast of the Church’s first martyr, Saint Stephen, Pope Leo XIV reflects on martyrdom as a “birth into heaven” and on Christmas joy as the choice to live fraternity, forgiveness and peace in a world marked by fear and conflict.
In their annual Christmas message, Uganda’s Catholic Bishops have urged the Electoral Commission to take firm control of the electoral process and called on security forces to refrain from violence, as the country approaches the general elections scheduled for 15 January 2026.
The closing of the Holy Door at Saint Mary Major took place on Christmas Day, with the Cardinal Archpriest of the papal basilica inviting the faithful to remain open to hearing the Word, welcoming the other, and forgiveness.
Despite a fragile US-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, the humanitarian situation in Gaza remains dire.
The Catholic Diocese of Kontagora has announced the completion of the verification exercise for children and staff forcibly abducted from St. Mary’s Catholic Schools – Papiri, Nigeria, on 21 November 2025. All victims have now been reunited with their families.
In his Christmas Urbi et Orbi address, Pope Leo XIV renews his plea for peace, reminding the world that it is both God’s gift and humanity’s shared responsibility.
Pope Leo XIV celebrates Christmas morning Mass in St Peter’s Basilica, recalling in his homily that in the Word of God made flesh, “humanity now speaks, crying out with God’s own desire to encounter us.”
During the Christmas Mass during the Night on the Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord, Pope Leo XIV encourages us to announce “the joy of Christmas” and to celebrate it as “a feast of faith, charity and hope.”
