CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy — CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (AP) — Pope Leo XIV renewed his name on Sunday for a direct ceasefire in Gaza, asking the worldwide neighborhood to respect worldwide legal guidelines and the duty to guard civilians.
“I as soon as once more name for a direct finish to the barbarity of this battle and for a peaceable decision to the battle,” the pontiff stated on the finish of his Sunday Angelus prayer from his summer season retreat in Castel Gandolfo.
Leo additionally expressed his “deep sorrow” for the Israeli attack on the only Catholic church in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, which killed three individuals and wounded 10 others, together with the parish priest.
“I enchantment to the worldwide neighborhood to watch 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 tons of of Palestinians have been sheltering from the Israel-Hamas battle, 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 now not tolerates battle,” Leo advised reporters ready for him exterior the cathedral.
Requested about his telephone 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.