Madonna Urges Pope Leo to Visit Gaza “Before It’s Too Late” Amid Israeli Genocide and Blockade
New York (Quds News Network)- Pop icon Madonna has called on Pope Leo to visit Gaza, urging him to 'bring your light to the children before it’s too late,' amid ongoing Israeli genocide and blockade on aid.
“As a mother, I cannot bear to watch their suffering. The children of the world belong to everyone,” she said in a post on Instagram.
“You are the only one of us who cannot be denied entry. We need the humanitarian gates to be fully opened to save those innocent children,” the singer added.
In the post, published on her son Rocco’s birthday, Madonna said the best gift she could give to him is “to ask everyone to do what they can to help save the innocent children caught in the crossfire in Gaza.”
Pope Leo has repeatedly spoken in support of Palestinians in Gaza, following in the footsteps of Pope Francis.
The Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, and the Greek Orthodox patriarch of Jerusalem, Theophilos III, visited Gaza last month after an Israeli attack on the Holy Family Church in Gaza City killed at least three people, describing the situation there as “morally unacceptable”.
Since October 2023, Israel has continued its genocidal war, killing over 60,000 Palestinians, the majority of them women and children, while blocking humanitarian aid from entering the enclave for five months, despite warnings that the worst-case scenario of famine is unfolding with at least 101 children and infants have died from starvation and malnutrition.
