{"id":167678,"date":"2025-05-11T18:17:29","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T18:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/11\/pope-leo-calls-for-peace-and-aid-in-gaza-as-trump-sets-off-to-the-middle-east\/"},"modified":"2025-05-11T18:17:29","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T18:17:29","slug":"pope-leo-calls-for-peace-and-aid-in-gaza-as-trump-sets-off-to-the-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/11\/pope-leo-calls-for-peace-and-aid-in-gaza-as-trump-sets-off-to-the-middle-east\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Leo Calls For Peace and Aid in Gaza As Trump Sets Off To the Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"has-dropcap\">\u201cNever again war,\u201d <strong>Pope Leo XIV<\/strong> <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/11\/world\/europe\/pope-leo-xiv-address-peace.html\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/11\/world\/europe\/pope-leo-xiv-address-peace.html&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/11\/world\/europe\/pope-leo-xiv-address-peace.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">exclaimed<\/a> during his first Sunday address to an estimated 100,000 people gathered in St. Peter\u2019s Square. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/story\/the-new-pope-us-cardinal-robert-francis-prevost-is-from-chicago?srsltid=AfmBOorK3d7v-gLYotXC7MVTpJVwSS0uA1QeW_plkum3czGTK3fYFiG5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new pontiff<\/a> called for an \u201cauthentic, just and lasting peace\u201d in Ukraine and an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. Leo, continuing in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/04\/22\/g-s1-62064\/pope-francis-gaza-church-palestinian-christians\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">advocacy<\/a> of his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/story\/pope-francis-is-dead?srsltid=AfmBOopsC2Y0jzd_65TQPa1hF0N07kiOltfJvoPYpXGPuUvQkB6sbo2X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">predecessor<\/a>, Pope Francis, advocated for humanitarian aid to be allowed into Palestine and delivered \u201cto the exhausted civilian population,\u201d adding that \u201call hostages\u201d held by Hamas in Gaza must be freed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn today\u2019s dramatic scenario of a third world war being fought piecemeal, as Pope Francis said, I too turn to the world\u2019s leaders with an ever timely appeal: never again war!\u201d Leo\u2014who in the past has <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/pope-leo-xiv-social-media-account-trump-vance-criticism\/\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/pope-leo-xiv-social-media-account-trump-vance-criticism\/&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/pope-leo-xiv-social-media-account-trump-vance-criticism\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">critiqued<\/a> President <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> and Vice President <strong>JD Vance<\/strong> on social media\u2014told the crowd.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"AssetEmbedWrapper-eVDQiB byBkf asset-embed\">\n<div class=\"AssetEmbedAssetContainer-eJxoAx dBHGoQ asset-embed__asset-container\"><span class=\"SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB responsive-asset AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__responsive-asset\"><picture class=\"ResponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__responsive-asset responsive-image\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/picture><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"CaptionWrapper-jSZdqE cmter caption AssetEmbedCaption-fNQBPI fmQnYP asset-embed__caption\" data-testid=\"caption-wrapper\"><span class=\"BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ CaptionText-bHjzlu iUEiRd jSwmTa iXWezO caption__text\"><\/p>\n<p>A view of the people gathering to attend Pope Leo XIV appearing on the Central Loggia of the Vatican Basilica to recite for the first time the Regina Caeli prayer in St. Peter&#8217;s Square on May 11, 2025 in Vatican City, Vatican.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ CaptionCredit-ejegDm iUEiRd cvffOM fNaHcW caption__credit\">Laura Lezza\/Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Leo\u2019s message comes as Trump embarks this week on his first foreign trip of his second administration, with a tour of the Middle East. The president is expected to focus his trip to the region on business deals in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. While Trump isn\u2019t currently expected to visit Israel, much of his trip is poised to be about Prime Minister <strong>Benjamin Netanyahu<\/strong>\u2019s continued war in Palestine and the United States\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/story\/donald-trump-threatens-to-expel-protesters?srsltid=AfmBOop0JYiy1n2dPFxJYvakWm5d32dZ9fPIr4Me46Az8YzVoh_Hh_ol\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">involvement<\/a>. Secretary of Defense <strong>Pete Hegseth<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/05\/09\/pete-hegseth-trump-israel-middle-east\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">canceled<\/a> his trip to Israel, slated for Monday, to join Trump on Air Force One, according to reporting from Axios based on three Israeli and US officials.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">A United Nations special committee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/5\/9\/gaza-could-experience-another-nakba-warns-un-committee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accused<\/a> Israel of \u201cethnic cleansing\u201d on Friday and held that it was inflicting \u201cunimaginable suffering\u201d on Palestinians, and warned that the world could be witnessing \u201canother Nakba,\u201d or the expulsion of Palestinians from their land through violent means.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Over a 24-hour period, at least 23 Palestinians were killed and 124 others injured in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip over the weekend, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/5\/10\/israel-kills-in-gaza-as-it-throttles-enclave-under-aid-blockade\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reporting<\/a> from Al Jazeera based on numbers from the local Ministry of Health.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Israel\u2019s latest attacks on Gaza come as humanitarian aid and supplies have not entered the area for over nine weeks, <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.unrwa.org\/resources\/reports\/unrwa-situation-report-170-situation-gaza-strip-and-west-bank-including-east-jerusalem#:~:text=Humanitarian%20aid%20and%20supplies%20have,Israeli%20authorities%20imposed%20a%20siege.\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.unrwa.org\/resources\/reports\/unrwa-situation-report-170-situation-gaza-strip-and-west-bank-including-east-jerusalem#:~:text=Humanitarian%20aid%20and%20supplies%20have,Israeli%20authorities%20imposed%20a%20siege.&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unrwa.org\/resources\/reports\/unrwa-situation-report-170-situation-gaza-strip-and-west-bank-including-east-jerusalem#:~:text=Humanitarian%20aid%20and%20supplies%20have,Israeli%20authorities%20imposed%20a%20siege.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">per<\/a> the UN. \u201cThis is having a devastating impact on the population,\u201d a UNRWA Situation Report reads, \u201cparticularly on vulnerable groups including children, women, and the elderly.\u201d Over 60,000 people have been killed by the Israeli military operations in Palestine since October 2023, and more than 111,000 injured, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/longform\/2023\/10\/9\/israel-hamas-war-in-maps-and-charts-live-tracker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to Al Jazeera\u2014though the total number of casualties is expected to be much larger.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"AssetEmbedWrapper-eVDQiB byBkf asset-embed\">\n<div class=\"AssetEmbedAssetContainer-eJxoAx dBHGoQ asset-embed__asset-container\"><span class=\"SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB responsive-asset AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__responsive-asset\"><picture class=\"ResponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__responsive-asset responsive-image\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Palestinian women line up for food\" class=\"ResponsiveImageContainer-eybHBd fptoWY responsive-image__image\" src=\"https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6820e192df6e6847f454356d\/master\/w_1600%2Cc_limit\/2213612092\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6820e192df6e6847f454356d\/master\/w_120,c_limit\/2213612092 120w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6820e192df6e6847f454356d\/master\/w_240,c_limit\/2213612092 240w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6820e192df6e6847f454356d\/master\/w_320,c_limit\/2213612092 320w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6820e192df6e6847f454356d\/master\/w_640,c_limit\/2213612092 640w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6820e192df6e6847f454356d\/master\/w_960,c_limit\/2213612092 960w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6820e192df6e6847f454356d\/master\/w_1280,c_limit\/2213612092 1280w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6820e192df6e6847f454356d\/master\/w_1600,c_limit\/2213612092 1600w\" sizes=\"100vw\"\/><\/noscript><\/picture><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"CaptionWrapper-jSZdqE cmter caption AssetEmbedCaption-fNQBPI fmQnYP asset-embed__caption\" data-testid=\"caption-wrapper\"><span class=\"BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ CaptionText-bHjzlu iUEiRd jSwmTa iXWezO caption__text\"><\/p>\n<p>Palestinians, including children, who are struggling with hunger, wait in line to receive hot meals distributed by the charity organizations, while Israel&#8217;s attacks on the Gaza Strip continue unabated. The humanitarian crisis in the region is increasing due to the embargo in Jabalia, Gaza on May 09, 2025.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ CaptionCredit-ejegDm iUEiRd cvffOM fNaHcW caption__credit\">Anadolu\/Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/story\/pope-leo-calls-for-peace-in-gaza-as-trump-sets-off-to-the-middle-east\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cNever again war,\u201d Pope Leo XIV exclaimed during his first Sunday address to an estimated 100,000 people gathered in St. Peter\u2019s Square. The new pontiff called for an \u201cauthentic, just and lasting peace\u201d in Ukraine and an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. Leo, continuing in the advocacy of his predecessor, Pope Francis, advocated for humanitarian aid [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":167679,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[54,5228,4601,11298,361,677,7734,864],"class_list":{"0":"post-167678","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrity","8":"tag-donald-trump","9":"tag-middle-east","10":"tag-palestine","11":"tag-pete-hegseth","12":"tag-pope","13":"tag-ukraine","14":"tag-vatican","15":"tag-war"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}