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Pope Leo Prays for Madagascar, Observes Lunar New Year

Pope Leo XIV prayed for over 270,000 cyclone-affected people in Madagascar and recognized Lunar New Year celebrations worldwide with hopes for peace and prosperity.

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ROME – Pope Leo on Sunday prayed for victims of two deadly cyclones in Madagascar and their families and asked that the upcoming Lunar New Year open a future of peace and bridge-building. Speaking to a large crowd gathered in a sunny St. Peter’s Square after days of rain, the pope in his Feb. 15 Angelus address voiced his closeness to the people of Madagascar, “hit in a short time from one another by two cyclones, with floods and landslides.” “I…

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Pope Leo XIV looked to Madagascar. It was Sunday, 15 February, during the traditional Marian prayer of Angelus. The Supreme Pontiff expressed his deep pain in the face of the successive natural disasters that currently hit the Great Island. In front of the assembled faithful, the head of the Catholic Church declared that he was close to the people of Madagascar who were struck, in a short time, by two cyclones, accompanied by floods. While Madag…

Pope Leo XIV showed this Sunday his proximity to the populations of Madagascar seriously affected by the successive impact of two cyclones that have caused floods and landslides on the African island. “I am close to the populations of Madagascar affected in a short time by two cyclones with floods and landslides”, [...] The entry Leon XIV prays for the victims of the floods in Madagascar was first published in Information Focus.

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National Catholic Register broke the news in on Sunday, February 15, 2026.
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