He Pope Francisco This Sunday he had a telephone conversation with the president of the United States, Joe Bidenabout conflicts in the world and “the need to find paths of peace“confirmed the Holy See.

The conversation between the two took place this Sunday afternoon and lasted about 20 minutes. The conversation, according to a Vatican statement, “had as its argument the conflict situations in the world and the need to find paths to peace”.

The Holy See has not specified the wars or conflicts that the pope has reviewed with Biden, the second Catholic president in US history, whom he received at the Vatican two years ago and who has recently been in Israel.

However, Pope Francis frequently expresses his deep concern about two current conflicts, Russian invasion of Ukraine and the one unleashed in the Gaza Strip between the Palestinian Islamist militia Hamas and Israel.

On this Sunday morning, after praying the Sunday Angelus, Francis lamented the “serious humanitarian situation” in Gaza and denounced the bombing of the Anglican hospital and an Orthodox church.

“Brothers, stop”

“Dear brothers and sisters, once again my thoughts are on what is happening in Israel and Palestine. I am very worried and hurt“My prayer and closeness is for all those who suffer: hostages, victims, wounded and their families,” he said from the window of the Apostolic Palace.

The pontiff denounced “the serious humanitarian situation in Gaza” and expressed regret over the destruction of the Al Ahli hospital of the Anglican Church and the Orthodox Church of Saint Porphyry, where at least 18 Palestinian Christians died.

“I renew my call for spaces open up, continue to do humanitarian aid arrives and release the hostages“the pontiff urged, before hundreds of people who listened to him from Vatican Square.

And he added: “The war, all the wars in the world, I also think of the martyred Ukraineis always a defeat, a destruction of human brotherhood. Brothers, stop!“.

Francisco has called for Friday, October 27, a day of “fasting, prayer and penance” to implore for peace in the world and who will preside from St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican.

Likewise, the pontiff has commissioned a mission to seek mediation in Ukraine from the cardinal Matteo Zuppiwho has traveled to Ukraine, Moscow, Beijing and Washington to try to bring together positions that end the war.