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August 11, 2025 - Gaza News Updates [1]
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Date: 2025-08-11 08:50:03.386000+00:00
Madonna attends the 2025 Met Gala on May 05, in New York. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images/File
Madonna has urged Pope Leo to visit Gaza in a humanitarian mission to help starving Palestinian children, saying “there is no more time.”
The American superstar, who was raised a Roman Catholic, pleaded with the new pontiff to visit the enclave in an Instagram post Monday.
“Most Holy Father. Please go to Gaza and bring your light to the children before it’s too late. As a mother, I cannot bear to watch their suffering. The children of the world belong to everyone. You are the only one of us who cannot be denied entry.” Madonna
Madonna said she was calling on Leo to visit Gaza because “politics cannot affect change,” but “consciousness can.”
In the post, published on her son Rocco’s birthday, Madonna said the best gift she could give to him is “to ask everyone to do what they can to help save the innocent children caught in the crossfire in Gaza.”
Since his papacy began in May, the pope has been robust in his criticisms of Israel’s war in Gaza, consistently voicing his concern for Palestinian civilians facing Israeli bombardment.
CNN has reached out to the Vatican for comment.
Whether Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government would grant the pope entry to the enclave is not certain.
Madonna’s comments come as a growing number of artists, including Massive Attack, Brian Eno and most recently U2, have highlighted the humanitarian situation in Gaza.
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