Pope Leo joins 54 countries to attend the Assisi peace meeting on October 27, 2026 during the Franciscan Jubilee Year
Leo XIV to attend Assisi peace meeting on October 27, 2026. Reported in Aleteia and Vatican News Representatives from 54 countries will take part in the gathering organized by the Community of Sant’Egidio, marking 40 years since the first Assisi meeting, by Camille Dalmas. Forty years after the first Assisi meeting, which John Paul II attended, Leo XIV will travel to the city of St. Francis to participate in an interreligious event organized by the Community of Sant’Egidio on October 27, 2026, the organizer announced on October 6. The pontiff will join other representatives of religions from around the world to pray for peace. Marco Impagliazzo, president of the Community of Sant’Egidio, presented his organization’s International Meeting for Peace during a conference at the Vatican on Monday. The event will take place from October 25, to 27 with the theme “an unarmed and disarming peace.” Pope Leo XIV, who authored the phrase, will join more than 384 other religious leaders from...