His Holiness Pope Leo XIV appeals for Gaza: 'Allow aid to enter, end the hostilities'

His Holiness Pope Leo XIV renews his appeal for "dignified humanitarian aid" to enter Gaza, calling for a cessation of hostilities "whose price is paid by children, the elderly, and the sick."

By Deborah Castellano Lubov

"I renew my appeal to allow the entry of dignified humanitarian aid and to put an end to the hostilities, whose heartbreaking price is paid by the children, elderly, and the sick."

Pope Leo XIV made that appeal toward the conclusion of his first General Audience in St. Peter's Square on 21 May.

In his remarks to Italian pilgrims, he said, "The situation in the Gaza Strip is increasingly worrying and painful."

The humanitarian emergency in Gaza is at a breaking point, according to international organizations. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), supported by the UN, is warning of an imminent famine…

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