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Gavin Blackburn

Pope Leo XIV calls for aid to reach people in Gaza in first general audience at Vatican

Pope Leo XIV has called for humanitarian aid to reach those in need in Gaza and for an end to the "heartbreaking" toll on its people, as he presided over his first general audience in St Peter's Square.

The Vatican said that around 40,000 people were on hand for the audience, which came just days after an estimated 200,000 people attended the inaugural Mass on Sunday for history's first US pope.

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