Following the Mass and canonization of Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis in Saint Peter’s Square, Pope Leo XIV said to the intercession of the Saints and the Virigin Mary, may we all entrust our constant prayers for peace in our world, as “God does not want war. God wants peace!”

The Pope encouraged everyone to continue their prayers for the people of the Holy Land, Ukraine, and every part of the world plagued by war. To world leaders, he repeated his call that they listen to the voice of their consciences, since “the apparent victories achieved through weapons, sowing death and destruction, are in fact defeats, and they never bring peace or security.”