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In his first Palm Sunday homily, Pope Leo XIV proclaimed that Jesus, the King of Peace, embraces all suffering in human history and cries out from the cross against war.
Nearly six decades ago, biologist Paul Ehrlich wrote The Population Bomb, predicting a population explosion that would threaten famine and environmental collapse in a decade. With his death on March 13, it is worth reflecting on a legacy that was as influential as it was wrong.
The sanctity of life, from conception to its natural end, must be defended, especially now, in a world marked by "the madness of war," Pope Leo XIV said.
As the U.S. and Israel-Iran war enters its fourth week, Pope Leo XIV appealed during his Sunday Angelus prayer March 22: "Persevere in prayer, so that hostilities may cease and paths of peace may finally open up."
