Pope Leo XIV calls the World to Peace and Love

Image : Pope Leo XIV. Photo : Vatican News

Sapnews Pro: During the Mass on this Palm Sunday, Pope Leo XIV invited the faithful to walk the way of the cross with Christ, the King of peace, who, in the face of violence, did not respond with weapons but remained firm in meekness, giving himself out of love all the way to the cross.

In St. Peter’s Square, filled with around 40,000 faithful carrying different kinds of palm branches, the unity of a people gathered in the same faith was clearly visible. The celebration began with the blessing of the palms and the proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem, followed by a solemn procession accompanied by hymns recalling the joyful welcome of the Lord in the time of the Jews.

In the homily, centered on the mystery of the Passion, the Pontiff presented Jesus as the true King of peace: the one who enters “mounted on a donkey, not on a horse,” fulfilling the messianic prophecy, and who later, “bearing our sufferings, was pierced for our sins.” Said Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican, 29/03/2026, according to Vatican News.

In every circumstance, he emphasized, Christ did not respond with violence: he revealed the gentle face of God, rejecting every form of war and freely offering himself to embrace the crosses of all humanity.

“Christ, King of peace, cries out again from his cross: God is love! Have mercy! Lay down your arms, remember that you are brothers!” the Pope stressed, recalling that violence contradicts the heart of the Gospel.

Leo XIV also urged the faithful to recognize the crucified of today, especially by listening attentively to “the cry of pain of all those who are oppressed by violence and all victims of war.”

In conclusion, the Holy Father recalled the words of the Servant of God Tonino Bello, entrusting the suffering of peoples to the Virgin Mary:

“Holy Mary, woman of the third day, give us the certainty that, despite everything, death will no longer have power over us. That the days of injustice among peoples are numbered. That the flashes of wars are fading into twilight lights.

That the sufferings of the poor have reached their final breaths. […] And that, finally, the tears of all victims of violence and pain will soon dry, like frost under the spring sun.