Pope Leo visits ‘school of peace’ sailing the Mediterranean

OSTIA, Italy: Arm in arm, young people of different faiths perform the dabke, an Arabic folk dance, in the Italian port of Ostia, elated by a visit from Pope Leo XIV. Behind them is the Bel Espoir, a schooner vessel on which the youths — whether from Libya and Egypt or France and Bosnia — have been sailing the Mediterranean to promote peace. “For me especially it means a lot that the pope believes in the project and he wants to come and meet us,” Jesus Marro, a 30-year-old Spaniard, told AFP.

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