Pope Leo XIV calls for peace in 1st message on X
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VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV vowed to take “every effort” Wednesday to work for peace in the Middle East and Ukraine and to actively promote the spirituality and traditions of the eastern rite churches, those Catholic communities with origins in the Mideast and eastern Europe that have been decimated by years of conflict and persecution.
Eastern and Latin alike — who, above all in the Middle East, persevere and remain in their homelands,” Leo said May 14.
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