Rome  —  Pope Leo XIV celebrated the first Christmas since his election by denouncing the suffering of people of Gaza – taking shelter in tents from the “rain, wind and cold” – and by calling for the guns to fall silent in Ukraine. On Christmas Day, the first US-born pope, offered the traditional “Urbi et … The post In first Christmas message, Pope Leo decries Palestinians in Gaza forced to shelter in tents from ‘rain, wind and cold’ appeared first on Egypt Independent .