January 21, 2026, 2:26 p.mJanuary 21, 2026, 3:33 p.m
Pope Leo XIV made a new appeal for peace at Wednesday’s general audience, criticizing the increasing disregard for human dignity worldwide.
The Pope also remembered Paul VI in the audience hall. gathered believers to the current week of prayer.Image: keystone
At the same time, he complained that “war is back in fashion.” «Let us pray for peace in a time marked by a growing loss of the value of human dignity and in which war has become fashionable again. “May Jesus help us find ways of justice and reconciliation,” the Pope said.
The Pope also remembered Paul VI in the audience hall. gathered believers for the current week of prayer for Christian unity and asked “that all his disciples find unity so that the world believes in him and his revelation.” The “Week of Prayer for Christian Unity” began last Sunday. (sda/apa)
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