Pope Leo XIV Condemns Treatment of US-Bound Migrants in First Christmas Urbi et Orbi

From migrants across America to war-weary families in Gaza and Ukraine, Leo used his Christmas blessing to demand solidarity — and to remind the world that “the Lord’s birth is a birth of peace.”

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On a rainy Christmas morning in Rome, Pope Leo XIV stepped onto the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica and said Merry Christmas in an impressive ten languages.