Hunger should not be used as a weapon of war, Pope Leo says

Around the world, people are currently witnessing “with despair the iniquitous use of hunger as a weapon of war,” according to Pope Leo XIV.

The pontiff on Monday sent a message to participants of the annual conference of United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) taking place in Rome.

In his message, Leo said starving people to death “is a very cheap way of waging war.”

“That is why today, when most conflicts are not fought by regular armies but by groups of armed civilians with few resources...