Following the example of St. Francis of Assisi, bishops are called to be close to the people in their dioceses and peacemakers in a world marked by division and tension, Pope Leo XIV told the bishops of Italy.

Pope Leo XIV said he prayed for peace on a visit to St Francis of Assisi's tomb in the Umbrian town Thursday. At the tomb of St. Francis I prayed for peace," said Leo as he left the monastery of the Augustinian nuns of Montefalco,

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Following the example of St. Francis of Assisi, bishops are called to be close to the people in their dioceses and peacemakers in a world marked by division and tension, Pope Leo XIV told the bishops of Italy.

In Montefalco, near Assisi, where he went for Mass and lunch at the Monastery of Santa Chiara, the Pope told journalists that he during his visit to the tomb he had been praying for peace. He added that he had prayed "for all the faithful in Umbria", the central Italian region containing Assisi and Montefalco.

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