Pope Leo XIV Urges Yemen Peace, Taiz Aid

Pope Leo XIV appealed for an end to fighting in Yemen, highlighting the worsening humanitarian crisis in Taiz, where siege conditions and road closures have left residents short of food, water and medical care. The United Nations has warned that aid access is urgently needed as hospitals face dwindling supplies and community kitchens struggle to feed vulnerable families. Fighting around the city has intensified, with Houthi forces and Saudi-backed government forces clashing; Taiz has endured a near-continuous siege for much of Yemen’s civil war. The pope also prayed for victims of a deadly attack on worshippers at an Orthodox church in Jordan, expressing solidarity with the country and its tradition of interfaith coexistence.