Salvatore Cernuzio Vatican News writes: “Activity for Pope Leo may slow down during the summer—but not his charitable outreach.
The rest period of Pope Leo XIV at Castel Gandolfo does not apply to the solidarity initiatives being carried out for populations whose lives and dreams, as he said last Sunday during Mass at the parish of St. Thomas of Villanova, “are being destroyed by war.”
Through the Dicastery for the Service of Charity, also known as the Office of the Papal Almoner, the Pope sent food parcels to inhabitants of certain areas of Kharkiv, Ukraine, recently devastated by heavy missile and drone attacks.
Everything was delivered directly to the families who survived the raids, without any mediation or distribution by other aid agencies.
On the white boxes, the inscription in Ukrainian and Italian reads: “Gift of Pope Leo XIV for the people of Kharkiv.””
Read the full article: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2025-07/pope-leo-charity-ukraine-kharkiv-food-delivered-families-war.html
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