On October 16, Pope Leo XIV called on world leaders to show responsibility as he urged the international community to focus on the multitudes across the globe who face hunger, wars and misery. Addressing the World Food Day global ceremony that also marked the 80th anniversary of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation at its…
Pope Leo urges world leaders ‘not to look the other way’ in fighting global hunger
Pope Leo XIV addresses government leaders and representatives during a ceremony
marking the 80th anniversary of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation in Rome on
October 16, 2025. Photo: CNS/Lola Gomez.

