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Pope Leo XIV calls for peace in Ukraine, ceasefire in Gaza in first Sunday address

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      Richard Wallace (director)
      We are a group of Catholics from around Australia who just happened to be on a long-planned pilgrimage to Rome,
      WAtoday
      Wallace said
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      It is important that young men and women find, in our communities, welcome, listening, encouragement in their vocational journey,
      WAtoday
      he said, calling on the Church to nurture the next generation of believers
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      We already feel a filial love for our father and guide, Leo XIV. He really has a gravity mixed with gentleness,
      WAtoday
      he said
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      Already when I heard the last name I started crying and when he addressed a greeting in Spanish I was a sea of tears,
      Japan Today
      she said
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      I carry in my heart the suffering of the beloved Ukrainian people,
      HuffPost
      Leo said, referring to Russia’s yearslong war against its neighbor
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      Blase J. Cupich
      I think he’s going to help complete and complement our political agenda. He’ll talk a lot about the immigrants as well because he knows about the sufferings of people and the real needs that they have for a better life,
      HuffPost
      Cupich said
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      Blase J. Cupich
      My hope would be that he has, now, a new platform to reintroduce what the church has always called for in terms of its social justice agenda, and it will give people another opportunity to take a second look at what Francis was saying – but now in the words and the voice of an American who speaks like an American. I think that’s going to be very powerful going forward,
      HuffPost
      Cardinal Blase Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, told ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday
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      And he knows too that people in Oceania, for instance, where the rising sea levels are just overwhelming those islands, where people are trying to escape; he sees the drug trade that’s happening in Central and South America, where there are weapons from the United States going there,
      HuffPost
      he continued
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      I, too, address the world’s great powers by repeating the ever-present call, ‘never again war’,
      Guardian
      he said
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      But there are so many other conflicts in the world,
      Aljazeera
      he added
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      The Church has such a great need for them!”
      The New York Times
      he said
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      Do not be afraid! Welcome the Church's invitation and that of Christ the Lord!"
      Fox News
      He also delivered a message to young Catholics regarding vocations, saying
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      I wanted so much to come here in these first days of the new Ministry that the Church has given me, to carry forward this mission as Successor of Peter,
      Fox News
      the pope said
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      May the Virgin Mary, whose entire life was a response to the Lord’s call, always accompany us in following Jesus,
      Fox News
      he said
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      In today's dramatic scenario of a third world war in tatters, as repeatedly stated by Pope Francis, I also address the powerful of the world, repeating the ever-timely appeal: No more war!"
      Le Monde
      Leo urged from the balcony
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      He stole our hearts, because he awakened Christianity. The pope turned his work towards the forgotten, desolate peoples,
      Le Monde
      Espinosa told Agence France-Presse
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      Let the fighting cease immediately, let humanitarian aid be provided to the exhausted civilian population, and may all hostages be released".
      Newsweek
      On Gaza, the pontiff said
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      I welcomed the announcement of the ceasefire between India and Pakistan and I hope that through negotiations we can reach a lasting agreement,
      ABP Live
      Leo said
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      Let us take up the invitation that Pope Francis left us in his Message for today: the invitation to welcome and accompany young people,
      CNN
      Leo said Sunday from the balcony, speaking in fluent Italian
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      He said it was his dream to come to Rome, ... and he’s [Liam] turning 18. So I took the two of them for their birthdays.”
      Irish Times
      explained Susan