US EditionPope Leo Urges International Diplomacy to Prevent ’Irreparable Abyss’
- Pope Leo XIV urged the international community to stop the tragedy of war in his June 22 Sunday Angelus address, saying there are no 'distant' conflicts when human dignity is at stake.
- Pope Leo stated, 'War does not solve problems; on the contrary, it amplifies them and inflicts deep wounds on the history of peoples.'
- He called for diplomacy to replace conflict, appealing, 'May diplomacy silence the weapons! May nations chart their futures with works of peace.'
- Pope Leo emphasized the moral responsibility of the international community to prevent an 'irreparable abyss' caused by war.
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In the midst of the growing hostilities in the Middle East and the recent bombing of Iran's nuclear facilities by the United States, Pope Leo XIV called on the international community. At the end of the Angelus, the pontiff warned that "every member of the international community has a moral responsibility: to stop the tragedy of war before it becomes an irreparable abyss." "Let diplomacy silence weapons, let nations trace their future with work…
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