Pope: Amid conflict, Church must bear witness to service and hope

September 3, 2026 · 1 min read

As he meets with Latin-rite Bishops from Arab regions, Pope Leo XIV urges the Church to confront conflict and division with solidarity for the poor and bear witness that it is possible to live and hope together.

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Vangjel Kristo

Pope Leo XIV ka të drejtë që solidariteti me të varfërit është arma e vetme që na ka mbetur në këto vende. Në Gjirokastër e shohim çdo ditë sa shpejt harrohet shpresa kur njerëzit mbyllen në vetvete. Pyetja ime është: si mund ta bëjmë këtë dëshmi konkrete, jo vetëm me fjalë, por me veprime të përditshme në famullitë tona?

Teodora Florea

Yes, solidarity with the poor is the only real weapon, as Vangjel also says. Here in Sibiu, when we bake bread for the lonely old people in the parish, I see how their faces change and they start to hope again. Perhaps our bishops could do more to unite the church kitchen with concrete visits to the isolated, not just words.

Sotir Nako

Yes, Vangjel, solidarity with the poor is really the only weapon we have left, as you say. In Korçë, in our parish, we make it concrete by collecting the excess clothes every Thursday after the liturgy and taking them ourselves to the families we know in the Cham neighborhood. How do you organize it in Gjirokastra - do you have a small group that goes out every month?

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