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Pope Leo XIV calls for ceasefire in address: ‘The cries of parents rise to heaven’

JL;DR SUMMARY Pope Leo XIV's recent address at the Vatican has underscored his commitment to advocating for a ceasefire in the Gaza conflict, emphasizing the human suffering with vivid imagery of parents in distress. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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GazaHumanitarian AidCeasefireIsraeli HostagesNostra AetateRabbi Noam MaransCatholic Jewish RelationsHumanitarian LawPope Leo XivHoly See And Israel

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Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"Pope Leo XIV renewed his calls for a ceasefire in Gaza, decrying suffering there and evoking the image of parents in Gaza who clutch the lifeless bodies of their children."
Israel
"The statements follow in the footsteps of his predecessor, Pope Francis, who called for an investigation into whether there is a genocide being committed in Gaza and took several actions in support of civilians there."
Ukraine
"During the address, Leo also made an appeal for peace in Ukraine, and repeated the statements on Gaza in a post on X Wednesday."
United States
"I pledge to continue and strengthen the churchs dialogue and cooperation with the Jewish people in the spirit of the Second Vatican Councils declaration Nostra Aetate, he wrote to Rabbi Noam Marans, the American Jewish Committees director of interreligious and intergroup relations, earlier this month."

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