Popstar Madonna called on Pope Leo XIV to visit the Palestinian children in Gaza “before it’s too late.” Madonna’s request to the head of the Catholic Church comes almost two years after the conflict broke out between Israel and Hamas.

Madonna has urged Pope Leo to visit Gaza in a humanitarian mission to help starving Palestinian children, saying “there is no more time.”

Madonna is pleading with Pope Leo to travel to war ravaged Gaza to “bring your light to the children before it’s too late.” In a social media message posted on Monday, the pop icon added the pontiff was “the only one of us who cannot be denied entry” into Gaza,