Pope Leo XIV prays by name for Gaza parish strike victims, renews plea for ceasefire

Pope Leo XIV delivers the Angelus address on July 13, 2025 from Liberty Square in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, where he is spending a two-week summer break. / Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Jul 20, 2025 / 08:46 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV on Sunday prayed by name for the victims of a deadly Israeli strike on the only Catholic parish in Gaza, decrying the “barbarism of the war” as he renewed his call for an immediate ceasefire.  “I express my profound…