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In a short but urgent letter, Madonna asked Pope Leo XIV to “visit the Gaza Strip before it is too late”. In an Instagram post on Monday, the pop icon appealed to the head of the Catholic Church, While Israel’s attacks on war last with Hamas.
Appeal to humanitarian aid
“The most holiest father, please go to Gaza and bring their light to the children before it is too late. As a mother, I cannot endure her suffering. The children of the world belong to everyone,” wrote Madonna. “You are the only one among us that entry cannot be refused.”
She added: “We have to open the humanitarian goals completely to save these innocent children. There is no time. Please say that they will go.”
Madonna mentioned in the caption of her short letter that it was her son Rocco’s birthday and said it was the “best gift” to ask your followers to do what they can do to “save the innocent children in the crossfire in Gaza”.
“I do not show my finger, do not reveal any guilt and do not accept any party. Everyone suffers. Even the mothers of the hostages. I pray that they are also released,” she wrote. “I’m just trying to do my best to prevent these children from dying from hunger.”
Continuation of papal efforts
In addition to the Pope, the singer marked several organizations that support families in Gaza during the escalating humanitarian crisis.
Already in May, Pope Leo used his first general audience in St. Peter’s Basilica to request Israel to release relief goods for Gaza. “I renew my urgent appeal to allow the fair humanitarian support and to end the hostilities, whose devastating price children, older people and sick numbers,” said Leo, describing the situation in Gaza as “increasingly worrying and painful”.
Leo’s commitment to Gaza continues the work of his predecessor Pope Francis, who clearly spoke out for the Palestinian people and called for an armistice daily until his death.