梵蒂冈城-梵蒂冈城(美联社)教皇利奥十四世在他第一次圣诞日周四的信息敦促信徒们在面对那些失去一切的人时抛弃冷漠，比如在加沙，那些贫困的人，比如在也门，以及许多穿越地中海和美洲大陆寻求更美好未来的移民。
这位美国第一任教皇在俯瞰圣彼得广场的凉廊上向约2.6万人发表了传统的教皇“Urbi et Orbi”演讲，拉丁语意为“对城市和世界”，概括了世界面临的困境。
当教皇在圣彼得大教堂内主持弥撒时，人群聚集在持续不断的倾盆大雨中，当利奥在教皇专车中短暂巡视广场，然后在凉廊上向人群发表讲话时，雨势已经减弱。
利奥恢复了被他的前任教皇方济各抛弃的用多种语言表达圣诞祝福的传统。当他用他的母语英语和西班牙语问候时，他受到了特别热烈的欢呼，这是他的第二故乡秘鲁的语言，在那里他先是做了传教士，后来成了大主教。
人群中有人大喊“爸爸万岁!’‘或者‘教皇万岁!\ ' \ '在他退入教堂之前。利奥摘下眼镜做最后一次挥手。
在传统演讲中，教皇强调，每个人都可以通过谦逊和负责任的行为为和平做出贡献。
教皇说，“如果他真的了解他人的痛苦，并与弱者和受压迫者站在一起，那么世界将会改变。”。
利奥呼吁在黎巴嫩、巴勒斯坦领土、以色列和叙利亚实现“正义、和平与稳定”，为“饱受折磨的乌克兰人民”祈祷，为战争、不公正、政治不稳定、宗教迫害和恐怖主义的受害者提供“和平与安慰”，他列举了苏丹、南苏丹、马里、布基纳法索和刚果的例子。
教皇还敦促通过对话解决拉丁美洲的“众多挑战”，在缅甸实现和解，恢复“泰国和柬埔寨之间的古老友谊”，并为南亚和大洋洲遭受自然灾害的人们提供援助。
“在成为人的过程中，耶稣承担了我们的脆弱，认同我们每一个人:认同那些一无所有和失去一切的人，如加沙的居民;和那些遭受饥饿和贫困的人在一起，比如也门人民;教皇说:“那些逃离家园到其他地方寻求未来的人，比如许多穿越地中海或穿越美洲大陆的难民和移民。”。
他还记得那些失去工作或正在寻找工作的人，特别是年轻人、工资过低的工人和那些在监狱里的人。
早些时候，利奥在圣彼得大教堂栏杆下的中央圣坛上主持圣诞节弥撒，圣坛上装饰着花环和一簇簇红色的猩猩木。白色的花被放在耶稣的母亲玛丽的雕像脚下，她的生日在圣诞节被庆祝。
利奥在他的布道中强调，只有通过对话才能实现和平。
他说:“当我们的独白被打断时，当我们因倾听而变得丰富时，我们就会在他人的人性面前跪下。”
他记得加沙人民，“数周暴露在雨、风和寒冷中”，以及“经历了这么多战争的手无寸铁的人口”的脆弱性，以及“被迫拿起武器的年轻人，他们在前线感受到要求他们做的毫无意义的事情，以及那些让他们走向死亡的人的浮夸言论中充满的谎言。''
成千上万的人聚集在巴西利卡教堂参加教皇的首次圣诞节弥撒，高举他们的智能手机拍摄开幕式的照片。
这个圣诞节标志着圣诞节的结束圣年庆典该展览将于1月6日闭幕，这一天是天主教的主显节，标志着三位智者拜访伯利恒的圣婴耶稣。
Pope Leo XIV delivers his first Christmas Day message
VATICAN CITY --VATICAN CITY (AP) —Pope Leo XIVduring his firstChristmas Daymessage on Thursday urged the faithful to shed indifference in the face of those who have lost everything, such as in Gaza, those who are impoverished, such as in Yemen, and the many migrants who cross the Mediterranean Sea and the American continent for a better future.
The first U.S. pontiff addressed some 26,000 people from the loggia overlooking St. Peter's Square for the traditional papal “Urbi et Orbi'' address, Latin for “To the City and to the World,'' which serves as a summary of the woes facing the world.
While the crowd gathered under a steady downpour during the papal Mass inside St. Peter's Basilica, the rain had subsided by the time Leo took a brief tour of the square in the popemobile, then spoke to the crowd from the loggia.
Leo revived the tradition of offering Christmas greetings in multiple languages abandoned by his predecessor, Pope Francis. He received especially warm cheers when he made his greetings in his native English and Spanish, the language of his adopted country of Peru where he served first as a missionary and then as archbishop.
Someone in the crowd shouted out “Viva il papa!'' or ”Long live the pope!'' before he retreated into the basilica. Leo took off his glasses for a final wave.
During the traditional address, the pope emphasized that everyone could contribute to peace by acting with humility and responsibility.
“If he would truly enter into the suffering of others and stand in solidarity with the weak and the oppressed, then the world would change,'' the pope said.
Leo called for “justice, peace and stability” in Lebanon, the Palestinian territories, Israel and Syria, prayers for “the tormented people of Ukraine,'' and “peace and consolation” for victims of wars, injustice, political instability, religious persecution and terrorism, citing Sudan, South Sudan, Mali, Burkina Faso and Congo.
The pope also urged dialogue to address “numerous challenges” in Latin America, reconciliation in Myanmar, the restoration of “the ancient friendship between Thailand and Cambodia,'' and assistance for the suffering of those hit by natural disasters in South Asia and Oceania.
“In becoming man, Jesus took upon himself our fragility, identifying with each one of us: with those who have nothing left and have lost everything, like the inhabitants of Gaza; with those who are prey to hunger and poverty, like the Yemeni people; with those who are fleeing their homeland to seek a future elsewhere, like the many refugees and migrants who cross the Mediterranean or traverse the American continent,'' the pontiff said.
He also remembered those who have lost their jobs or are seeking work, especially young people, underpaid workers and those in prison.
Earlier, Leo led the Christmas Day Mass from the central altar beneath the balustrade of St. Peter’s Basilica, adorned with floral garlands and clusters of red poinsettias. White flowers were set at the feet of a statue of Mary, mother of Jesus, whose birth is celebrated on Christmas Day.
In his homily, Leo underlined that peace can emerge only through dialogue.
“There will be peace when our monologues are interrupted and, enriched by listening, we fall to our knees before the humanity of the other,” he said.
He remembered the people of Gaza, “exposed for weeks to rain, wind and cold” and the fragility of “defenseless populations, tried by so many wars,’’ and of “young people forced to take up arms, who on the front lines feel the senselessness of what is asked of them, and the falsehoods that fill the pompous speeches of those who send them to their deaths.’’
Thousands of people packed the basilica for the pope’s first Christmas Day Mass, holding aloft their smartphones to capture images of the opening procession.
This Christmas season marks the winding down of theHoly Year celebrations, which will close on Jan. 6, the Catholic Epiphany holiday marking the visit of the three wise men to the baby Jesus in Bethlehem.
