Ukraine: Pope calls for 24-hour ceasefire for Christmas

Pope Leo XIV. has a 24-hour period on Tuesday Christmas ceasefire in Ukraine and accessed worldwide. At the same time he regretted that Russia rejected such a step. “One of the things that makes me very sad is the fact that Russia rejected a Christmas ceasefire,” said the church leader.

The pontiff renewed his appeal “to all people of good will” to observe a 24-hour ceasefire in Ukraine and other conflict regions, at least on the feast of Jesus’ birth. The Pope also reported contact with the priest of the Catholic community in Gaza. There they are trying to celebrate Christmas “under still very precarious conditions”. “We hope that the peace agreement stands,” Leo said as he left the Villa Barberini in Castel Gandolfo, where he spent Tuesday, a day without audiences.

Leo XIV celebrates his first Christmas mass in St. Peter’s Basilica

The Pope will celebrate his first Christmas mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on Christmas Eve. The pontiff is expected to speak out against war and violence and remember the suffering of the people.

The first American to sit on the Chair of Peter had already set a tone several times with reminders for peace and reconciliation and remembered the victims of war worldwide.

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