00:00Pope Leo XIV appeals to leaders across the Middle East to listen to their people's cries for peace and to change course away from the horror of war.
00:10This as he wrapped up his first overseas trip as Catholic leader by addressing 150,000 people at a mass on Beirut's historic waterfront.
00:18He also pleads for Lebanon to address years of conflict, political crises, and economic misery.
00:24Leo adds, the region as a whole needs new approaches to overcome political, social, and religious divisions.
00:31The path of mutual hostility and destruction in the horror of war has been traveled too long with the deplorable results that are before everyone's eyes.
00:44We need to change course. We need to educate our hearts for peace.
00:50Pope Leo was on a three-day visit to Lebanon where he urged Middle East peace and warned that growing global conflicts threatened humanity's future.
Be the first to comment