Pope Leo XIV, at his Angelus address in Castel Gandolfo today, expressing deep concern over the escalating violence in the Holy Land and calling for an immediate return to dialogue, Vatican News reports:
“I continue to follow with deep concern the ongoing and escalating violence in the Holy Land,” the Pope said, noting that “many civilians have recently fallen victim, both in the West Bank and in Gaza.”
He called for “a return to negotiations aimed at achieving a just political solution, founded on the equal dignity and equal rights of every human person, and for the rejection of further military actions and unilateral decisions, particularly those that violate the respect due to and the status quo of the holy sites of every religious faith.”
