Pope Leo XIV has called on world leaders to show responsibility as he urged the international community to focus on the multitudes across the globe who face hunger, wars and misery.

Addressing the World Food Day global ceremony on Thursday that also marks the 80th anniversary of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation at its headquarters in Rome, the American pontiff urged the international community not to look the other way when faced with world food emergencies.

The pope openly named the conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza, along with Haiti, Afghanistan, Mali, the Central African Republic, Yemen and South Sudan.

Pope Leo cited UN data showing around 673 million people do not eat enough each day.

"We can no longer delude ourselves by thinking that the consequences of our failures impact o

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