EU Bishops in Cyprus Echo Pope Leo XIV: ‘Let Those Who Have Weapons Lay Them Down’

April 29, 2026 World News

Ada Lushi
Bishops of the European Union pose with members of the Maronite community of Kormakitis on the steps of St. George’s co-cathedral after Mass for the feast of St. George in the Turkish-controlled north of Cyprus on April 23, 2026.

From Maronite villages in the Turkish-controlled north of Cyprus, EU bishops echoed Pope Leo XIV’s plea to lay down arms in the Holy Land and pledged to support the Maronite cause in Brussels.

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