Cardinal Pietro Parolin

“Almost two-thirds of the world’s population lives in countries where serious violations of religious freedom take place,” the cardinal said.

“I am deeply struck and saddened by the images of these people held prisoner in tunnels, starved,” the cardinal said. “We cannot and must not forget them.”

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Father Gabriel Romanelli said Israel’s strike on his Holy Family Parish in Gaza City was “terrible” as Cardinal Parolin called Gaza’s situation “unbearable.”

The world must resist the allure of modern weapons which threaten to give conflicts a ferocity surpassing that of previous wars, Pope Leo XIV said.

“Air India is giving its full cooperation to the authorities investigating this incident,” the airline said on its X account.

Pope Leo XIV met with U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres during a private audience at the Vatican June 11.

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“Pope Leo calls us to embrace a diplomacy of encounter” amid “a world marked by division, conflict and pressing global issues,” said Cardinal Parolin.

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