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On Easter, Pope Leo urges world leaders to end wars, renounce conquest

Pope Leo did not mention any specific conflicts in the message, known as the Urbi et Orbi.

At Easter vigil, Pope Leo urges world not to grow numb to war

Pope Leo XIV said mistrust and fear have been allowed to "sever the bonds between us through war, injustice and the isolation of peoples and nations."

Pope Leo’s Good Friday service offers prayer for deported children

Pope Leo XIV presides over the Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) procession during Good Friday celebrations, at the Colosseum, in Rome, Italy, April 3, 2026. REUTERS/Remo Casilli

Pope Leo speaks to Israeli, Ukrainian presidents: Vatican

The calls happened as the pontiff was observing the Catholic Holy Week leading up to Easter on April 5.

Washing priests' feet, Pope Leo urges Catholics to aid the oppressed

Pope Leo XIV leads the Holy Thursday Mass at the Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano (Basilica of St. John Lateran) in Rome, Italy April 2, 2026. REUTERS/Vincenzo Livieri

Leo, the first US pope, emerges as pointed Trump critic

Pope Leo has said God rejected the prayers of leaders who start wars and have “hands full of blood”, in unusually forceful remarks for a Catholic pontiff.

Pope Leo celebrates first Easter amid Middle East war

On March 31, Pope Leo said he hoped that US President Donald Trump was "looking for an off-ramp" to end the Iran war.

Pope Leo urges Trump to find ‘off-ramp’ to end Iran war

Pope Leo XIV speaks to the media as he leaves the papal residence to head back to the Vatican, in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, March 31, 2026. REUTERS/Remo Casilli

After Pope’s remarks, White House defends praying for US troops

Pope Leo XIV greeting the faithful during the Palm Sunday mass in St Peter's Square, Vatican City, on March 29.

God rejects prayers of leaders who wage wars, Pope Leo tells thousands in Palm Sunday homily

Pope Leo XIV delivers a homily during the Palm Sunday Mass in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican, March 29, 2026.

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