Pope Leo Urges World Leaders to End "Historic Offense" of Hunger

Pope Leo XIV has slammed the world’s failure to stop millions of people going hungry, blaming a “soulless economy” and calling on people to rethink their lifestyles and priorities.

Pope Leo XIV did not mince words this week at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Rome.

In a fiery address before world leaders marking World Food Day, the first American pope declared that the persistence of hunger in an age of abundance is intolerable — “an ethical derailment” of humanity’s course.

Citing the 673 million peopl…