Shafaqna English- Pope Leo XIV urged people to make peace within themselves, their families, and those around them. Roma, Sinti, and Travellers from across the world met with Pope Leo XIV on Saturday (18 Oct 2025) in the Paul VI Hall for the Jubilee of Roma, Sinti, and Travelling Peoples.
During the audience, he answered questions put to him by children and young people. Responding to a question about war, the Pope invited everyone to believe that peace is truly possible, urging us to make peace within ourselves, our families, and those around us.
“We all want to live in a world without war, and we must always try to be promoters of peace, builders of bridges, firmly convinced ourselves that peace is possible—that it is not only a dream, and that we can live in peace,” he said.
Pope Leo XIV went on to invite the Roma, Sinti, and Traveller peoples to heed Pope Francis’ appeal to them in 2019, in which he asked them to harbor no resentment but rather to move forward with the “dignity of the family, the dignity of work, the dignity of earning your daily bread, and the dignity of prayer.”
Sources: Vatican News