VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV requested individuals to quick on Friday to hope for peace and justice within the Center East and Ukraine, issuing a particular attraction as he returned to the Vatican from summer time trip.
On the finish of his weekly basic viewers Wednesday, Leo recalled that Friday is a particular feast day devoted to the Virgin Mary. He urged Catholic devoted to spend the day fasting and “praying that the Lord grants peace and justice, and dries the tears of all those that are struggling on account of the armed conflicts underway.”
Leo has known as for ceasefires in Gaza and Ukraine and for dialogue to realize peace.
Wednesday marked Leo’s first day again on the Vatican after a interval of trip on the papal summer time retreat in Castel Gandolfo, south of Rome.
Going ahead, the pope has some necessary appointments together with particular audiences for the Vatican’s 2025 Holy 12 months and the Sept. 7 canonization of the Catholic Church’s first millennial saint Carlo Acutis.
On the finish of Wednesday’s viewers, Leo acquired a particular reward: A Ping-Pong desk adorned together with his papal coat of arms. Leo, an avid tennis participant, gamely picked up a paddle and bounced a ball on it, however the ball rolled into the web.
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