Pope Leo XIV called for compassion and global peace in his first Christmas Mass in Rome on Wednesday. "On earth, there is no room for God if there is no room for the human person. To refuse one is to ... .
The service concluded with the choir singing the Coventry Carol, music as old as the cathedral itself, and a song which now exists alongside it as a symbol of peace and reconciliation born from tragedy ...Lully, lullay, thou little tiny child ... .
Thanks to the adoption of a Security Council resolution on youth, peace and security which led to widespread changes in the ways that the voices of young people are not just heard, but also incorporated in peace plans and policies ....
With CentralAfricans set to vote in presidential, legislative, regional & long-delayed municipal elections, the UN has appealed for calm & restraint, warning that the credibility of the process will be critical to consolidating peace ....