Pope Leo calls for an end to the 'barbarity of war' after an Israeli strike on Gaza’s only Catholic church:::: Vatican City:: Pope Leo"I express my deep sorrow for the attack by the Israeli army on the Catholic parish of the Holy Family in Gaza City.

Pope Leo XIV condemned Israel's attack on Gaza's Catholic church, killing three, and urged adherence to humanitarian law, denouncing collective punishment and forced displacement.

Pope Leo XIV reiterated a plea for peace in Gaza on Sunday, July 20, amid the Israel-Hamas war. Following his weekly Angeles address, the pontiff expressed sorrow over the bombing of a Catholic church in Gaza on Thursday,