Pope Leo XIV

I wish to inform you there is no ceasefire in Lebanon.

We are continuing to strike Hezbollah with full force and we will not stop until we restore your security.

I don't think that the message of the gospel is meant to be abused in the way that some people are doing.

Too many people are suffering in the world today.

Too many innocent people are being killed.

And I think someone has to stand up and say, there's a better way to do this.

Thank you.

In English,

I would simply say, once again, what I said in the Orbi message on Sunday, asking all people of goodwill to search always for peace and not violence, to reject war, especially a war which many people have said is an unjust war, which is continuing to escalate.

And which is not resolving anything.

In fact, we have a worldwide economic crisis, energy crisis, situation in the Middle East of great instability, which is only provoking more hatred throughout the world.

So come back to the table.

Let's talk.

Let's look for solutions in a peaceful way.

And let's remember, especially the innocent, children, the elderly, the sick, so many people who have already become or will become victims of this continued warfare, to remind all that attacks on civilian infrastructure is against international law, but that it is also a sign of the hatred, the division, the destruction,

the human being is capable of, and we all want to work for peace.

People want peace.

I would invite the citizens of all the countries involved to contact the authorities, political leaders, congressmen, to ask them, tell them to work for peace and to reject war always.

In our time, the weakness of multilateralism is a particular cause for concern at the international level.

A diplomacy that promotes dialogue and seeks consensus among all parties is being replaced by a diplomacy based on force by either individuals or groups of allies.