A new Vatican anthology presents the pontiff’s teaching on peace The peace proposed by Pope Leo XIV is “not abstract, ideological, or naive” but one that “passes through the pain, contradictions, and wounds of the world,” according to Alessandro Banfi, communications director of the Oasis Foundation and coordinator of a new book collecting the pope’s…
The peace proposed by Pope Leo XIV is not a naive hippie ideal, expert says
Pope Leo XIV applauds as Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli and a 164-member children’s choir sing for the pontiff at the “Canticle of Peace” event in the Vatican Gardens at Castel Gandolfo on the evening of July 29, 2026. Photo: OSV News/Matteo Pernaselci, Vatican Media.