[NYP] Pope Leo XIV made an appeal for "one full day of peace throughout the world" in a Christmas address outside Castel Gandolfo in Rome — and criticized Russia for refusing a holiday cease-fire.
"I once again make this appeal to all people of good will: that, at least on the feast of the birth of the Savior, one day of peace may be respected," the first American pontiff said Tuesday.
The pope then took questions from reporters, many of which centered around ongoing global conflicts including the Middle East and Russia’s war in Ukraine. |