ROME – In their Christmas message this year, the church leaders and patriarchs of Jerusalem voiced gratitude for a recent ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon and called for the truce to be expanded throughout the region.

In their 2024 Christmas message, published Dec. 13, the patriarchs and heads of churches in Jerusalem thanked God “for the recent ceasefire between two of the warring parties in our region, and we call for it to be expanded into Gaza and many other places, bringing an end to the wars that have plagued our part of the world.”