How much longer must we wait? What more must we witness before we stop the barbarity of war… an appeal recently relaunched by Pope Leo XIV? A cry is raised each day from Gaza. Every war is a tragedy that must end, whether in Ukraine, Sudan, Myanmar, or Yemen. The death of even one person diminishes the whole of humanity. Yet in Gaza, death comes not only from bombs or bullets, but from hunger. Children no longer cry. The elderly cease to sustain. Adults no longer walk. Hearts stop beating: exhausted, breathless, depleted.
In a world that is informed and connected, where every event is documented and broadcast in images and sound, people are dying of deprivation. Technology records suffering but does not cure it. Faced with such inhumanity, indifference is not an option. We cannot become numb or turn away after seeing such suffering.
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By Massimiliano Menichetti | vaticannews
