Pope Leo urges world not to forget Gaza's need for aid

Pope Leo XIV urges world not to forget Gaza’s need for humanitarian aid

/ 09:46 PM June 22, 2025

Pope Leo XIV addresses the crowd during the jubilee of movements, associations and new communities at St. Peter's square in The Vatican on June 8, 2025. (Photo by Tiziana FABI / AFP)

Pope Leo XIV, seen in this file photo at St. Peter’s Square in The Vatican on June 8, 2025, appeals for humanitarian aid in Gaza even as conflict in the Middle East escalates. (Photo by Tiziana FABI / AFP)

VATICAN — Pope Leo XIV on Sunday called on the world not to forget the humanitarian crisis in Gaza as war in the Middle East broadened with overnight US strikes on Iran.

“In this context that includes Israel and Palestine, there is a risk that the daily suffering of peoples is forgotten, in particular in Gaza and other territories, where there is an ever greater urgency for adequate humanitarian aid,” the Pope said following his weekly Angelus prayer.

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