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Pope urges world not to forget Gaza’s need for humanitarian aid
Pope Leo XIV delivers his blessing as he recites the Regina Coeli noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St.Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, June 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Pope Leo XIV calls on the world not to forget the humanitarian crisis in Gaza as war in the Middle East broadened with overnight US strikes on Iran.
“In this context that includes Israel and Palestine, there is a risk that the daily suffering of peoples is forgotten, in particular in Gaza and other territories, where there is an ever greater urgency for adequate humanitarian aid,” the pope says following his weekly Angelus prayer.
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