Pope Leo says civilians in Ukraine are suffering, calls for war to end

https://www.reuters.com/world/pope-leo-says-civilians-ukraine-are-suffering-calls-war-end-2026-01-25/

41 Comments

  1. its been very long time since this is going on..

    high time sense prevails and peace endures..

    not just for the region, but for the entire humanity..

  2. Everyone keeps saying the same thing but nothing changes. Leaders make speeches while people die. What else is new honestly.

  3. duh .. mr. obvious. Is anyone gullible to believe “call for war to end” will actually end a war? Didn’t the UN already “call for” many times?

  4. What about USA?

    Considering he’s from there I’d of thought he’d be chirping up about the executions performed by ICE.

  5. Immediate-Pipe-9302 on

    Who cares !? The Pope always says this, it means nothing. If they care maybe the Vatican Industrial Complex can fork up some cash.

  6. peepeepoopooxdd1 on

    People out here acting like this is big news. The vast majority of the world knows the war in Ukraine is bad and has harmed millions of civilians. That being said, who gives a shit what the Pope’s take is? As if Putin is sitting in the Krelim reading this story in the newspaper right now and thinking “well you heard him boys, it’s time to pack it up.”

  7. The Russians will continue until someone stops them from continuing. They can lose men at this rate for at least 20 more years and still won’t even be close to losing as many men as they lost in WW2.

  8. Sorry Pope, territorial integrity surpasses the value of human life. The killing will continue.

  9. Unfortunately, Stalin was right when he asked “How many divisions does the Pope have?”

  10. I’m so brainrotted the red curtain background made me think he was on Joe Rogan for a sec

  11. FoundationGreat7072 on

    Perhaps the Vatican can put their money where their mouth is, aka invest in what is needed to stop this. Yeah, not forgotten that your funds got called home in 21.

  12. thefunkygibbon on

    with all the trump crap at the moment I fear the world has seemingly moved on from the whole Ukraine/Russia thing 🙁 just like we have moved on from the Israel/Palestine thing.
    trump is doing what he’s told. distraction

  13. Shouldn’t he be talking about what’s happening in the western hemisphere, close to his hometown?

  14. Civilians are suffering.

    IDK… Is the pope catholic?

    (I’m using the “does a bear shit in the woods” style of joke rhetorically)

  15. Honestly I am not understanding why the comments under this topic are so toxic. Yes, I get it, he is stating the obvious. But regardless its the right message and its good that its being said. Will this suddenly end the war? No, but is he just supposed to not say anything?

  16. Speaking as a civilian in Ukraine, hell no to any “end” of war that results in russia getting what it wants.