Pope Leo XIV urges immediate end to ‘barbarity’ of Gaza war

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Pope Leo XIV waves the crowd as he leaves after presiding over a mass at San Pancrazio cathedral in Albano Laziale, near Castel Gandolfo, southeast of Rome, on July 20, 2025. (AFP)
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  • Pontiff: ‘I once again ask for an immediate end to the barbarity of the war and for a peaceful resolution to the conflict’

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy: Pope Leo XIV slammed the “barbarity” of the war in Gaza on Sunday and urged against the “indiscriminate use of force,” just days after a deadly strike by Israel’s military on a Catholic church.

“I once again ask for an immediate end to the barbarity of the war and for a peaceful resolution to the conflict,” Leo said at the end of the Angelus prayer, after three people were killed on Thursday at the territory’s only Catholic church.

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