https://www.dw.com/en/world-celebrates-christmas-as-2025-draws-to-a-close/live-75292667

Pope Leo XIV gave his first Christmas Mass after being elected to the role in May.

The pontiff spoke about the holiday, calling it a day of “faith, charity and hope,” while also criticizing a “distorted economy” that, according to the pope, brings people to “treat human beings as mere merchandise.”