The top Catholic leader in the Holy Land has visited the Gaza Strip’s only Catholic church, sharing a message of Christmas hope and support as conditions in the war-torn territory slowly improve while the Israel-Hamas ceasefire holds into its third month. Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa was greeted on Friday by children in Santa hats and keffiyehs — the headscarf that's a global symbol of Palestinian nationalism. The children sang and danced in the courtyard of the church compound, which was gaily decorated with twinkling lights and Christmas ornaments. Pizzaballa said that in the children, he sees a “little light of hope.”