2.11.2025
Pope Leo XIV on Sunday has called for immediate ceasefire, the intervention of the international community and the opening of humanitarian corridors and aid delivery in war-ravaged Sudan.
“With great sorrow, I am following the tragic news coming from Sudan, particularly from the city of El Fasher in the afflicted northern Darfur region,” Pope Leo said during the Angelus address.
He decried the “Indiscriminate violence against women and children, attacks on unarmed civilians, and serious obstacles to humanitarian action,” that he said, “are causing unacceptable suffering to a population already exhausted by long months of conflict.”
Pope Leo’s words of concern over the ongoing violence in Sudan, and his particular reference to the onslaught in the city of El Fasher in North Darfur, come in the wake of a siege of the city where militias are reportedly committing grave atrocities against the civilian population.
He invited the faithful to pray for victims and urged responsible parties to halt hostilities.
“Let us pray that the Lord may receive the deceased, sustain those who suffer, and touch the hearts of those responsible,” he said, and renewed “an urgent appeal to the parties involved for a ceasefire and the prompt opening of humanitarian corridors.”
Pope Leo...calling for peace