US EditionHunger Should Not Be Used as a Weapon of War, Pope Leo Says
- At the 44th session of the FAO meeting held in Rome from late June to early July 2025, Pope Leo XIV highlighted the escalating global food security crisis and called for immediate and meaningful steps to address it.
- He identified factors such as governmental instability, violent conflicts, and economic challenges as key contributors that obstruct humanitarian assistance and decrease agricultural output globally.
- Pope Leo condemned the use of hunger as a weapon of war, describing tactics like starving civilians, burning land, and blocking aid as common in modern conflicts.
- He highlighted that in 2022, around 2.4 billion individuals experienced moderate to intense levels of food insecurity, while approximately 735 million endured chronic hunger, casting doubt on the likelihood of meeting the UN’s Zero Hunger target by 2030.
- The pope called for peace, coordinated climate action, ending arms diversion, protecting children in conflict, and adopting serious long-term measures to improve global hunger conditions.
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Pope Leo denounces using starvation as weapon of war
In a June 30 address, Pope Leo XIV denounced weaponizing hunger and purposefully starving civilians as ways of waging war. Speaking to participants of the 44th… The post Pope Leo denounces using starvation as weapon of war appeared first on CatholicVote org.
Pope Leo XIV calls for action in the fight against hunger
In his message to participants in the 44th Ministerial Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), which is in session in Rome until July 4, the Pontiff asserted that achieving the “Zero Hunger” goal of the United Nations 2030 Agenda is increasingly unlikely. “This means that we are far from fulfilling the mandate that gave rise to this intergovernmental institution in 1945,” he said, referring to the FAO, adding that “despite int…
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Pope Leo prays the Angelus at the Vatican on June 30, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Vatican City, Jun 30, 2025 / 12:24 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV deplored the use of hunger as a “weapon of war” in his message to the United Nations Food and Agri... [...]
Hunger should not be used as a weapon of war, Pope Leo says
Around the world, people are currently witnessing “with despair the iniquitous use of hunger as a weapon of war,” according to Pope Leo XIV. The pontiff on Monday sent a message to participants of the annual conference of United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) taking place in Rome. In his message, Leo said starving people to death “is a very cheap way of waging war.” “That is why today, when most conflicts are not fought by regu…
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