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flag Pope Leo XIV calls global hunger a moral failure, citing 319 million affected amid record levels driven by conflict and inequality.

flag Pope Leo XIV denounced the global hunger crisis as a "collective failure" and "ethical aberration" during a speech at the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome, marking its 80th anniversary. flag He condemned the use of starvation as a war crime, criticized a "soulless economy" enabling vast food waste while millions face hunger, and highlighted acute food insecurity affecting 319 million people, including 44 million in emergency situations. flag His remarks coincided with UN warnings that global hunger has reached record levels, driven by conflict, inequality, and funding cuts forcing aid reductions.

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