{"id":186399,"date":"2025-08-12T13:24:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T13:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/12\/madonna-urges-pope-leo-to-visit-gaza-amidst-ongoing-genocide\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T13:24:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T13:24:01","slug":"madonna-urges-pope-leo-to-visit-gaza-amidst-ongoing-genocide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/12\/madonna-urges-pope-leo-to-visit-gaza-amidst-ongoing-genocide\/","title":{"rendered":"Madonna Urges Pope Leo to Visit Gaza Amidst Ongoing Genocide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Madonna is begging Pope Leo XIV to do more amidst the ongoing genocide in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/05\/robert-prevost-who-is-the-american-born-pope-now-known-as-leo-xiv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">first American-born pope<\/a> has used his position as the head of the Catholic Church to speak out against the slaughter and man-made famine in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>But the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/04\/madonna-elton-john-have-buried-the-hatchet-following-decades-long-feud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">legendary singer<\/a> and outspoken humanitarian hopes that he can do more.<\/p>\n<p>She is urging Pope Leo to visit Gaza in person \u2014 in the hopes that his presence could bring a pause to the killing and allow humanitarian aid to reach starving children.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0812_madonna_01-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Madonna on May 5, 2025.\" class=\"wp-image-532214 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0812_madonna_01-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0812_madonna_01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0812_madonna_01-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0812_madonna_01-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0812_madonna_01-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0812_madonna_01-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0812_madonna_01-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0812_madonna_01-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Madonna attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating \u201cSuperfine: Tailoring Black Style\u201d at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: Dia Dipasupil\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-a-desperate-madonna-is-calling-on-pope-leo-xiv-to-visit-gaza-in-person\">A desperate Madonna is calling on Pope Leo XIV to visit Gaza in person<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cPlease go to Gaza,\u201d Madonna began her plea on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DNOYDvuip2x\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a> on Monday, August 11. \u201cAnd bring your light to the children before it\u2019s too late.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She got personal, expressing: <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a mother, I cannot bear to watch their suffering.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The singer noted: \u201cThe children of the world belong to everyone. You are the only one of us who cannot be denied entry.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DNOYDvuip2x\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<p>\u201cWe need the humanitarian gates to be fully open to save these innocent children,\u201d Madonna then emphasized.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, the IDF has been cutting off humanitarian aid, violently \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/articles\/israeli-military-seizes-gaza-freedom-flotilla-in-international-waters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">arresting<\/a>\u201d people in international waters who try to bring food and medicine to the population that they are currently exterminating in Gaza. <\/p>\n<p>(In international waters, these are arguably abductions, not arrests)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no more time,\u201d Madonna urged. \u201cPlease say you will go.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0812_popeleo_01-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Pope Leo XIV in May 2025.\" class=\"wp-image-532215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0812_popeleo_01-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0812_popeleo_01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0812_popeleo_01-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0812_popeleo_01-2048x1367.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0812_popeleo_01-960x641.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0812_popeleo_01-1080x721.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0812_popeleo_01-1200x801.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0812_popeleo_01-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Pope Leo XIV in May 2025.\" class=\"wp-image-532215 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0812_popeleo_01-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0812_popeleo_01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0812_popeleo_01-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0812_popeleo_01-2048x1367.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0812_popeleo_01-960x641.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0812_popeleo_01-1080x721.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0812_popeleo_01-1200x801.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0812_popeleo_01-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The newly elected Pontiff, Pope Leo XIV is seen for the first time from the Vatican balcony on May 8, 2025.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: Christopher Furlong\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-she-also-penned-a-caption\">She also penned a caption<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cPolitics Cannot affect Change,\u201d Madonna began her Instagram caption alongside her plea. \u201cOnly consciousness Can. Therefore I am Reaching out to a Man of God.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She wrote: \u201cToday is my Son Rocco\u2019s birthday. I feel the best gift I can give to him as a Mother is to ask everyone to do what they can to help save the innocent children caught in the crossfire in Gaza.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The singer added: \u201cI am not pointing fingers, placing blame or taking sides.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"599\" height=\"619\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0812_madonna_ig_01.png\" alt=\"A dark mode Instagram screenshot of Madonna's caption.\" class=\"wp-image-532220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0812_madonna_ig_01.png 599w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0812_madonna_ig_01-290x300.png 290w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"599\" height=\"619\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0812_madonna_ig_01.png\" alt=\"A dark mode Instagram screenshot of Madonna's caption.\" class=\"wp-image-532220 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0812_madonna_ig_01.png 599w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0812_madonna_ig_01-290x300.png 290w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0812_madonna_ig_01.png\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Taking to Instagram in August 2025, Madonna urges the pontiff to visit Gaza in order to stem the slaughter.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Image Credit: Instagram)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cEveryone is suffering. Including the mothers of the hostages,\u201d she continued. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI pray that they are released as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Madonna explained: \u201cI am merely trying to do what I can to keep these children from dying of starvation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With a few sinister exceptions, everyone wants to do that. But with people in political power across the globe unwilling to halt the IDF in its tracks, many are at a loss as to what to do.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0812_gaza_01-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Children look over the aftermath of yet another bombing by the IDF.\" class=\"wp-image-532216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0812_gaza_01-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0812_gaza_01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0812_gaza_01-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0812_gaza_01-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0812_gaza_01-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0812_gaza_01-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0812_gaza_01-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0812_gaza_01-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Children look over the aftermath of yet another bombing by the IDF.\" class=\"wp-image-532216 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0812_gaza_01-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0812_gaza_01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0812_gaza_01-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0812_gaza_01-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0812_gaza_01-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0812_gaza_01-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0812_gaza_01-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0812_gaza_01-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Children inspect the scene in the aftermath of overnight Israeli bombardment on a camp sheltering displaced people in the Mawasi area of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on August 5, 2025. According to figures from Hams-run Gaza\u2019s health ministry, more than 60,933 Palestinians have been killed in the Palestinian territory after the Israeli army has devastated large parts of it in 22 months of bombings.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: \/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-could-the-pope-visit-gaza-whenever-he-chooses-it-may-not-be-up-to-him\">Could the pope visit Gaza whenever he chooses? It may not be up to him<\/h2>\n<p>It is unclear what power, if any, Pope Leo could have to stem the slaughter \u2014 both targeted and indiscriminate \u2014 of the Palestinian people. He has already spoken repeatedly about this humanitarian crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Contrary to what Madonna seems to believe, a pope requires either a visa or (more often) a special exemption from a host country for a visit. <\/p>\n<p>Given how diligent the IDF has been about assassinating journalists covering the ethnic cleansing of Gaza, it is unclear why Netanyahu\u2019s government would do anything of the sort for a pope opposed to their various war crimes.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/08\/madonna-urges-pope-leo-visit-gaza-genocide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes Madonna is begging Pope Leo XIV to do more amidst the ongoing genocide in Gaza. The first American-born pope has used his position as the head of the Catholic Church to speak out against the slaughter and man-made famine in Gaza. But the legendary singer and outspoken humanitarian hopes that he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":186400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-186399","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186399","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=186399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186399\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}