In fact, it quotes the messages for the World Day of Peace in 1990 and 2010, from St. John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI, respectively, which warned of the destructive consequences of war on nature.

Then he led us all in chanting the Regina Caeli. Afterward, Leo made an ardent prayer for peace, referencing Pope Francis’ description of a third world war being fought piecemeal.

Women pray before a photo of His Holiness the Dalai Lama placed in an altar by Tibetan Buddhist monks during the annual Monlam Prayer Festival for world peace at the Richmond Civic Auditorium in ...

Pope Francis said “the ongoing conflict in Sudan, which began in April 2023, is causing the most serious humanitarian crisis in the world, with dramatic consequences in South Sudan too”; and ...