Pope Leo XIV on Sunday renewed his call for an immediate ceasefire in Sudan and the "urgent opening of humanitarian corridors" there to alleviate "unacceptable suffering" caused by civil war.

"With great sorrow, I follow the tragic news coming from Sudan, particularly from the city of El-Fasher in the afflicted northern Darfur region," the pope said during his Angelus address at Saint Peter's Square.

He denounced "indiscriminate violence against women and children, attacks on unarmed civilians, and serious obstacles to humanitarian action" that have caused "unacceptable suffering to a population already exhausted by long months of conflict".

The pope renewed a "heartfelt appeal to the parties involved for a ceasefire and the urgent opening of humanitarian corridors".

In September, the

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