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Pope calls for end to bloodshed in Syria, Middle East, via solidarity, dialogue

June 25, 2025January 21, 2026

VATICAN CITY CNS – Pope Leo XIV condemned the suicide bombing at a Damascus Church, calling it "a cowardly terrorist attack" as he appealed to the international community not to give up on Syria.He also called for dialogue, diplomacy and peace for the whole Middle East, quoting from the prophet Isaiah, "One nation will no…...