U.S. conducts airstrikes on ISIS in Nigeria

BREAKING: In effort to stem violence against Christians, U.S. conducts airstrikes on ISIS in Nigeria  With the support of the Nigerian government, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. military has carried out strikes against elements of ISIS in Nigeria that “have been targeting and viciously killing, primarily, innocent Christians.” Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem: ‘God does not wait for history to improve before entering into it’ In Bethlehem, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, affirmed that “one of the great messages of Christmas” is that God “does not wait for history to improve before entering into it,” but rather embraces human reality Pope Leo XIV highlights Gaza, Yemen, migrants in first Christmas Urbi et Orbi message In his first Christmas “Urbi et Orbi” message as pope, Leo XIV urged the world to embrace “responsibility” as the sure way to peace, while pointing in particular to the suffering of people in Gaza, Yemen, and those fleeing war and poverty as refugees and migrants. PHOTOS: Pope Leo meets the tiniest members of the flock — babies Pope Leo XIV has welcomed and greeted a plethora of babies at the Vatican since his election on May 8.

Pope, at Christmas Day Mass, says wars fed by falsehoods send young people to their deaths Pope Leo XIV on Christmas Day deplored the “falsehoods” used to justify wars that leave young people “forced to take up arms” and “sent to their deaths,” while also drawing attention to the humanitarian suffering of displaced people — including families living in tents in Gaza — in a homily centered on the vulnerability of the Word made flesh.