Pope Leo XIV has used his first Sunday blessing at the Vatican to address conflicts around the world, calling for an end to the wars in Gaza and Ukraine.What It MattersLeo's inaugural Sunday blessing marks a significant return of public papal engagement after months of health-related absences by his predecessor,

"Never again war," Pope Leo XIV echoed his predecessor, the late Pope Francis, in the newly-chosen pontiff's first Regina Coeli prayer in St Peter's Square in front of the faithful on Sunday. An estimated 150,

This marked the first time that Leo addressed crowds from the loggia since he was elected as the first pope fro