In his first Christmas message, Pope Leo XIV urged Russia and Ukraine to find the “courage” to hold direct talks and spoke of the dire humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/26/world/pope-leo-christmas-blessing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #russia #ukraine #popeleo #gaza #israel
More than 120,000 people are expected to attend Pope Leo XIV's mass in Beirut on the final day of his Lebanon visit, when he also has a chance to pay his respects at the site of the huge 2020 port explosion. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/02/world/pope-leo-beirut-port-blast/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #popeleo #lebanon #beirut
Visiting Pope Leo XIV urged the Lebanese people on Sunday to embrace reconciliation and remain in their crisis-hit country, while calling on its leaders to put themselves fully at the service of their citizens. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/01/world/society/pope-lebanon-reconciliation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #popeleo #middleeast #lebanon
Pope Leo begins his first trip outside Italy as Catholic leader on Thursday with a visit to Turkey, where he is expected to make appeals for peace in the Middle East and urge unity among long-divided Christian churches. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/27/world/pope-leo-turkey-first-overseas/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #popeleo #turkey