Leo also said that Europe’s cultural heritage must be preserved to address ongoing challenges.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is a heritage to be safeguarded with care, so that it may be invested in today\u2019s global world with its momentous challenges: peace, integral ecology, equitable and sustainable development, and respect for human dignity,\u201d Leo said.<\/p>\n
Care for migrants<\/p>\n
Referring to the final stage of the journey at the Canary Islands, where Leo met a large number of African migrants, the pope acknowledged that the migration phenomenon \u201cis complex and requires organic and coordinated action plans.\u201d<\/p>\n
The pontiff noted, however, that this reality also offers an interpretation that \u201copens up a different, broader perspective,\u201d allowing Catholics to understand how \u201cto reread the Gospel in today\u2019s world, exchanging with each other the gifts of our respective cultures, and in particular the results produced in them by the fruitfulness of Christ\u2019s message.\u201d<\/p>\n
Among these results, he highlighted \u201cdialogue between people and between peoples, the encounter in a spirit of fraternity, which enables us to discover and appreciate one another\u2019s values.\u201d He cautioned that this path is not easy and that asking for God\u2019s help is essential to achieving a \u201ccivilization of love.\u201d<\/p>\n
Praise for U.S.-Iran peace deal<\/p>\n
Leo concluded his remarks by expressing his satisfaction with the peace agreement<\/a> between the United States and Iran, to be signed on June 19, which will bring an end to prolonged hostilities.<\/p>\n He also renewed his appeal for peace in Ukraine, acknowledging with concern the casualties suffered in the Russo-Ukrainian war. He invited all to \u201cask the Lord to open pathways to dialogue, to extinguish hatred, and to make a just and lasting peace possible.\u201d<\/p>\n