Speaking after the Sunday Angelus on July 20th, Pope Leo mourns the three Gazans killed in an attack on the Holy Family Catholic parish in Gaza city, which he says is “just one” of the “continuous” attacks on Gaza’s people and holy sites…

The Pope appealed for “an immediate halt to the barbarity of the war” and for “a peaceful resolution of the conflict”. He urged the international community to observe humanitarian law and respect the obligation to protect civilians, “as well as the prohibition against collective punishment, indiscriminate use of force and forced displacement of the population”….

On Friday, July 18th Pope Leo held a telephone conversation with Benjamin Netanyahu, during which he urged a “renewed push” for an end to the conflict, and lamented the “agonizing price” being paid by Gaza’s civilians.

Read the Holy See Press Office Press Release here and the Vatican News report here

On Monday, July 21st, Pope Leo held a telephone conversation with Mahmoud Abbas, President of the State of Palestine. According to a statement released by the Holy See Press Office, Pope Leo “repeated his appeal for International Humanitarian Law to be fully respected, emphasising in particular the obligation to protect civilians and sacred sites, the prohibition of the indiscriminate use of force and of the forced transfer of the population…”

Read the report here

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