Pope Leo Condemns Netanyahu’s Gaza Campaign: “No Future in Violence and Vengeance”

Leo continues Francis’s calls to Gaza parish, but warns that statehood alone won’t break the deadlock.

Speaking to pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, Pope Leo XIV delivered a stinging moral indictment of the ongoing Israeli military campaign in Gaza.

“Together with the pastors of the churches in the Holy Land, I repeat that there is no future based on violence, forced exile, and revenge,” he declared after the Angelus prayer.

The pope’s words — “P…