US EditionPope Leo Urges World Leaders ‘Not to Look the Other Way’ in Fighting Global Hunger
Pope Leo XIV cited UN data showing 673 million people face hunger and called for urgent global action against food insecurity worsened by aid cuts and conflict.
- On Thursday, Pope Leo XIV addressed FAO's World Food Day ceremony and urged world leaders not to look away, saying `Allowing millions of human beings to live-- and die-- victims of hunger is a collective failure, an ethical aberration, a historical sin`.
- The World Food Program warned Wednesday its funding this year "has never been more challenged" due to cuts from the United States and others, with 319 million facing acute food insecurity.
- Highlighting 'outrageous paradoxes,' Pope Leo XIV condemned food waste amid 673 million people not eating enough and 2.3 billion lacking nutritious diets, calling them broken lives.
- Pope Leo XIV urged renewed multilateral cooperation, calling for contributions from governments, institutions, civil society and every individual, while pledging the Holy See's solidarity as U.N. food agencies warn funding cuts risk emergency hunger.
- Amid conflicts in Ukraine, Gaza and elsewhere, Pope Leo condemned the use of food as a weapon of war and warned the UN Security Council's condemnation "seems to have faded.
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Pope Leo XIV denounced on Thursday the use of hunger as a weapon of war and urged leaders around the world to act responsibly and focus on the multitudes suffering from hunger, wars and misery around the world. During his speech at the global event for World Food Day in the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)), Leo XIV urged the international community not to look the other way, at a time when foreign aid budgets are de…
Pope denounces use of hunger as weapon of war as he urges world leaders ‘not to look the other way’
By GIADA ZAMPANO, Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Thursday denounced the use of hunger as a weapon of war as he urged world leaders to act responsibly and focus on the multitudes across the globe who face hunger, wars and misery. During an address on World Food Day at the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, Leo urged the international community to not look the other way, at a time of dwindling foreign aid budgets. The pope named…
Pope denounces use of hunger as weapon of war as he urges world leaders ‘not to look the other way’
By GIADA ZAMPANO, Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Thursday denounced the use of hunger as a weapon of war as he urged world leaders to act responsibly and focus on the multitudes across the globe who face hunger, wars and misery. During an address on World Food Day at the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, Leo urged the international community to not look the other way, at a time of dwindling foreign aid budgets. The pope named…
Pope denounces use of hunger as weapon of war as he urges world leaders ‘not to look the other way’
By GIADA ZAMPANO, Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Thursday denounced the use of hunger as a weapon of war as he urged world leaders to act responsibly and focus on the multitudes across the globe who face hunger, wars and misery. During an address on World Food Day at the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, Leo urged the international community to not look the other way, at a time of dwindling foreign aid budgets. The pope named…
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