Pope Francis engaged in a 20-minute phone call with US President Joe Biden to address global conflicts and the pursuit of peace.

The Holy See Press Office reported that their conversation on Sunday afternoon centered on "situations of conflict in the world and the need to identify paths to peace."

Earlier on the same day, Pope Francis, during the Angelus prayer, renewed his appeals for peace, particularly concerning the Holy Land conflict, expressing deep concern for those suffering and the deteriorating humanitarian conditions.

“I am very concerned, grieved," he said at the Angelus prayer. "I pray and I am close to all those who are suffering, the hostages, the wounded, the victims and their families.”

Pope Francis also recalled Russia's ongoing war in "martyred Ukraine".
"War, any war that there is in the world - I also think of martyred Ukraine ," the Pope continued, "is a defeat. War always is a defeat, it is a destruction of human fraternity. Brothers, stop! Stop!"
Meanwhile, President Biden recently visited Tel Aviv to negotiate humanitarian aid access to Gaza, emphasizing support for Israel following an attack by Hamas.

Though limited humanitarian assistance has started entering Gaza, the United Nations has acknowledged that the aid only addresses a fraction of the region's significant needs.