# Pope Prays for Yemen and Jordan Peace

> Pope Leo XIV urges end to Yemen hostilities and prays for Jordan attack victims.
- Title: Pope Prays for Yemen and Jordan Peace · Vaticannews | Shortify
- Summary: Pope Leo XIV urges end to Yemen hostilities and prays for Jordan attack victims. Pope Leo XIV called for an end to fighting in Yemen and prayed for victims…
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- Source: Vaticannews — https://vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2026-10/pope-prays-for-peace-in-yemen-and-in-jordan.html
- Author: Vatican News
- Published: 2026-10-25T11:19:31.471+00:00
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- Topics: breaking, pope leo xiv, yemen, jordan, assisi, church attack, humanitarian crisis, religion, world
## Pope Leo XIV appeals for Yemen peace
Pope Leo XIV called for an end to hostilities in Yemen and prayed for victims of a terrorist attack in Jordan.

> I make a heartfelt appeal for hostilities to cease and for the Yemeni people and all the peoples of the region to be guaranteed a life of peace
## Jordan church attack victims
Nine people were killed and forty wounded in a terrorist attack at St George's Orthodox Church in Jordan.

> I am close to that community and to the entire country, which stands out for its peaceful coexistence and respect among different religions
## Assisi peace gathering
Forty years since the 1986 Assisi meeting, Pope Leo urges prayer for peace ahead of the gathering.

> Never before has it been so evident that wars, besides sowing death and destruction, impoverish and damage the world
## Key takeaway

Pope Leo XIV called for an end to fighting in Yemen and prayed for victims of a Jordan church attack.