Pope Francis decries deaths of children in global conflicts

VATICAN CITY — 

Pope Francis connected Monday decried the deaths of children successful planetary conflicts, telling a Vatican acme that "nothing is worthy the beingness of a child."

Francis, who has been captious of some Israel's subject run successful Gaza and the ongoing unit of the Russia-Ukraine war, did not specify a struggle successful his remarks.

"What we person tragically seen astir each time successful caller times, namely children dying beneath bombs ... is unacceptable," said the pontiff. "To termination children is to contradict the future."

The Vatican, shaken successful caller decades by kid intersexual maltreatment scandals successful countries crossed the world, invited a scope of planetary leaders connected Monday for a one-day league to sermon children's rights.

Queen Rania of Jordan, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, and erstwhile Indonesian president Megawati Sukarnoputri were among the speakers.

Francis ramped up his disapproval of Israel's subject run successful Gaza successful caller months, earlier the January ceasefire agreement. A fewer weeks ago, helium called the humanitarian concern successful the Palestinian enclave "very superior and shameful."

In Monday's speech, helium besides decried the fig of children displaced by planetary conflicts, which the United Nations estimates astatine immoderate 38 million.

"We are present contiguous to accidental that we bash not privation this to go the caller normal," said the pope. "We garbage to get utilized to it."

Francis, who has been sharply critical of U.S. President Donald Trump's clampdown connected immigration, besides mentioned undocumented children astatine the U.S.-Mexico border.

He said they were the "first victims of that exodus of despair and anticipation made by the thousands of radical coming from the South towards the United States of America."