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Pope Leo urges concessions for peace as Ukraine war drags on
- On Monday in Metz, Pope Leo urged negotiators seeking to end the four-year Ukraine-Russia war to sacrifice positions for peace, lamenting that "war has returned, even to Europe: a new senseless slaughter, claiming countless civilian lives every day."
- Efforts to end the war remain stalled despite Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy meeting President Donald Trump in New York last week; neither side has shown any willingness to concede land since Russia's 2022 full-scale invasion.
- Invoking Pope Benedict XV's 1917 appeal during the First World War, Pope Leo criticized rising European military spending—the highest since the Cold War—amid pressure from President Donald Trump and Russian assertiveness.
- Calling for "legal and safe pathways" for migration, Pope Leo urged the European Union to welcome migrants, saying "To welcome a person means to integrate them as if they were part of one's own family."
- During his four-day visit, Pope Leo warned that the United Nations and other multilateral bodies are in crisis, stating that international dialogue risks becoming a "charade" rather than genuine efforts to "stem the tide of war.
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Pope Leo urges concessions for peace as Ukraine war drags on
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Pope Leo XIV called on European countries not to succumb to the "illusion of rearmament" as a way to ensure peace and focus on diplomacy, international law and multilateral cooperation
Pope Leo XIV called on European countries not to succumb to the "illusion of rearmament" as a way to ensure peace and focus on diplomacy, international law and multilateral cooperation. He stated this at the meeting "Towards the Roots of...
Pope Leo XIV on Monday called for "courage in negotiations" and compromise to end the war in Europe, referring to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Leo reiterated his opposition to increasing European military spending, which rose last year by the most since the end of the Cold War
<p style="margin-bottom:11px">Joaquim Franco, journalist of CNN Portugal, analyzes Leo XIV's speech on the last day of the Pope's visit to France.</p>
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