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Arab News
7 minutes ago
- Politics
- Arab News
Pope Leo XIV urges immediate end to ‘barbarity' of Gaza war
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.
Malay Mail
6 days ago
- Politics
- Malay Mail
Pope Leo draws crowds to hilltop Italian village for first Angelus prayer, wishes peace for victims of war
CASTEL GANDOLFO (Italy), July 14 — Thousands of people streamed to a small Italian hilltop village not far from Rome yesterday, to hear Pope Leo deliver his first Angelus prayer from his summer residence at Castel Gandolfo. 'I am happy to be among you... and thank you all for your warm welcome,' the Pope declared, standing outside the gates of the Apostolic Palace, flanked by two Swiss Guards in full dress uniform. Arriving on July 6, Leo is taking a two-week break at the Castel Gandolfo, some 20 kilometres southeast of Rome, reviving it as a summer papal residence. His predecessor, Pope Francis, preferred to stay at the Vatican for the summer. Undeterred by rainy weather, thousands of people crowded the streets of the village, perched on a hilltop and overlooking a lake, to get a glimpse of the new pope as he delivered for the first time the Angelus prayer, which popes usually deliver every Sunday. The pope presided over mass in the Church of Saint Thomas of Villanova, before crossing the square to the cheers of the crowd. 'Let us not forget to pray for peace and for all those who find themselves in suffering and need because of war,' he said. — AFP
Yahoo
7 days ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Thousands attend Pope Leo's first Angelus prayer
Thousands of people streamed to a small Italian hilltop village not far from Rome on Sunday, to hear Pope Leo deliver his first Angelus prayer from his summer residence at Castel Gandolfo. "I am happy to be among you... and thank you all for your warm welcome," the Pope declared, standing outside the gates of the Apostolic Palace, flanked by two Swiss Guards in full dress uniform. Arriving on July 6, Leo is taking a two-week break at the Castel Gandolfo, some 20 kilometres (12 miles) southeast of Rome, reviving it as a summer papal residence. His predecessor, Pope Francis, preferred to stay at the Vatican for the summer. Undeterred by rainy weather, thousands of people crowded the streets of the village, perched on a hilltop and overlooking a lake, to get a glimpse of the new pope as he delivered for the first time the Angelus prayer, which popes usually deliver every Sunday. The pope presided over mass in the Church of Saint Thomas of Villanova, before crossing the square to the cheers of the crowd. "Let us not forget to pray for peace and for all those who find themselves in suffering and need because of war," he said. cmk/yad/djt
France 24
7 days ago
- France 24
Thousands attend Pope Leo's first Angelus prayer
"I am happy to be among you... and thank you all for your warm welcome," the Pope declared, standing outside the gates of the Apostolic Palace, flanked by two Swiss Guards in full dress uniform. Arriving on July 6, Leo is taking a two-week break at the Castel Gandolfo, some 20 kilometres (12 miles) southeast of Rome, reviving it as a summer papal residence. His predecessor, Pope Francis, preferred to stay at the Vatican for the summer. Undeterred by rainy weather, thousands of people crowded the streets of the village, perched on a hilltop and overlooking a lake, to get a glimpse of the new pope as he delivered for the first time the Angelus prayer, which popes usually deliver every Sunday. The pope presided over mass in the Church of Saint Thomas of Villanova, before crossing the square to the cheers of the crowd. "Let us not forget to pray for peace and for all those who find themselves in suffering and need because of war," he said.
Yahoo
7 days ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Thousands attend Pope Leo's first Angelus prayer
Thousands of people streamed to a small Italian hilltop village not far from Rome on Sunday, to hear Pope Leo deliver his first Angelus prayer from his summer residence at Castel Gandolfo. "I am happy to be among you... and thank you all for your warm welcome," the Pope declared, standing outside the gates of the Apostolic Palace, flanked by two Swiss Guards in full dress uniform. Arriving on July 6, Leo is taking a two-week break at the Castel Gandolfo, some 20 kilometres (12 miles) southeast of Rome, reviving it as a summer papal residence. His predecessor, Pope Francis, preferred to stay at the Vatican for the summer. Undeterred by rainy weather, thousands of people crowded the streets of the village, perched on a hilltop and overlooking a lake, to get a glimpse of the new pope as he delivered for the first time the Angelus prayer, which popes usually deliver every Sunday. The pope presided over mass in the Church of Saint Thomas of Villanova, before crossing the square to the cheers of the crowd. "Let us not forget to pray for peace and for all those who find themselves in suffering and need because of war," he said. cmk/yad/djt
