CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy — CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (AP) — Pope Leo XIV renewed his name on Sunday for a right away ceasefire in Gaza, asking the worldwide group to respect worldwide legal guidelines and the duty to guard civilians.
“I as soon as once more name for a right away finish to the barbarity of this struggle and for a peaceable decision to the battle,” the pontiff stated on the finish of his Sunday Angelus prayer from his summer time retreat in Castel Gandolfo.
Leo additionally expressed his “deep sorrow” for the Israeli assault on the one Catholic church within the Gaza Strip on Thursday, which killed three individuals and wounded 10 others, together with the parish priest.
“I attraction to the worldwide group to look at humanitarian legislation and respect the duty to guard civilians in addition to the prohibition of collective punishment, the indiscriminate use of power, and the compelled displacement of populations,” the pope added.
The shelling of the Holy Household Catholic Church in Gaza additionally broken the church compound, the place lots of of Palestinians have been sheltering from the Israel-Hamas struggle, now in its twenty first month. Israel expressed remorse over what it described as an accident and stated it was investigating.
“We have to dialogue and abandon weapons,” the pope stated earlier Sunday, after presiding over Mass on the close by Cathedral of Albano.
“The world not tolerates struggle,” Leo instructed reporters ready for him outdoors the cathedral.
Requested about his cellphone dialog on Friday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Leo stated, “We insisted on the necessity to defend the sacred locations of all religions.”
The pope will stay in Castel Gandolfo till Tuesday night, when he returns to his Vatican residence, a Vatican spokesman stated Sunday.
