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Pope Leo XIV Denounces 'Pandemic of Arms,' Prays for Minnesota Victims, Urges Ukraine Cease-Fire

The U.S.-born pontiff cast disparate tragedies as evidence of a single crisis of weapons proliferation.

Papa León XIV Foto: Vatican Media / AFP
El papa León XIV rezó por los niños que murieron en el tiroteo en la iglesia de una escuela católica en Minneapolis
Pope Leo XIV leads the Angelus prayer from his window at the Vatican, August 31, 2025. Vatican Media/Mario Tomassetti/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.
Pide León XIV a responsables de la guerra renunciar a lógica de armas

Overview

  • During Sunday’s Angelus, Pope Leo XIV called for an end to a global “pandemic of arms” and offered prayers for those affected by the Minnesota church-school shooting.
  • Authorities in Minneapolis identified the attacker as 23-year-old Robin Westman and said he was found dead, believed to have taken his own life after the gunfire.
  • Two children were killed—identified as Fletcher Merkel, 8, and Harper Moyski, 10—and dozens were wounded during the attack at Annunciation Church.
  • The Vatican sent a condolence telegram to the Minneapolis archbishop signed by Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin on behalf of the Pope.
  • The Pope renewed an urgent appeal for an immediate cease-fire and serious dialogue in Ukraine and also lamented a migrant shipwreck near Mauritania with more than 50 dead and about 100 missing.