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International meeting for peace in Assisi: More than words, concrete action

Vatican News·Oct 25, 2026 · 5:35 PM CT
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Forty years after Pope John Paul II's first Spirit of Assisi gathering, the International Meeting for Peace opened in Assisi on Oct. 25 under the theme "Unarmed and Disarming Peace," inspired by Pope Leo XIV's 2026 World Day of Peace message. Speaker Hala AlKarib urged attention to Sudan, where more than 250,000 civilians have been killed in four years of war.

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