His Holiness Pope Leo XIV on Middle East: 'What harms them, harms all of humanity'

A displaced man puts his laundry on the sidewalk's concrete blocks at a parking lot in Beirut's waterfront area (AFP or licensors)

After Praying the Angelus, His Holiness Pope Leo XIV calls for an end to violence around the world, urging everyone to persevere in Prayer because “we cannot remain silent in the face of the suffering of so many people, innocent victims of these conflicts.”

By Kielce Gussie

Despite the rainy weather in Rome, thousands of pilgrims still gathered in St. Peter’s Square to recite the Angelus with His Holiness Pope Leo XIV.

Following the Prayer, the Pope expressed his deep concern for the ongoing situation in the Middle East, as well as other areas of the world “torn apart by war and violence.” He stressed that “we cannot remain silent in the face of the suffering of so many people, innocent victims of these conflicts.”

This continuous violence wounds everyone—“what harms them, harms all of humanity.” 

His Holiness Pope Leo XIV warned that the pain, death, and suffering brought about by these wars “are a scandal to the entire human family and a cry before God.” He then encouraged everyone to persevere in their Prayer so that “hostilities may cease and paths of peace, based on sincere dialogue and respect for the dignity of every human being, may finally open”…

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