Presiding over the Christmas Mass during the Night in Saint Peter’s Basilica, Pope Leo XIV recalled the bright star, “a spark newly lit and blazing with life” that illuminated the night sky, astonishing the world, as recounted in Luke’s Gospel: “The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shined” announcing “to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is the Messiah, the Lord.”