Pope’s Warning on Hunger as a Weapon Exposes Global Failures Amid Conflict

During a solemn address at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) headquarters in Rome, Pope Leo XIV delivered a scathing rebuke of the cruel use of hunger as a weapon of war, spotlighting the devastating impact on civilian populations in conflict zones such as Gaza and Ukraine.Why Does the World Allow Food to Become a Weapon?The pope's words cut to the heart of a troubling global reality: in areas riven by conflict, food—a fundamental element of life—is being deliberately withheld as a means of control and destruction. For decades, the international community, including the FAO, has fought tirelessly...