Pope Leo XIV Attends Interreligious "Metz Appeal" Signing in France

Pope Leo XIV attended a ceremony in Metz, France, where Catholic, Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, Protestant and Orthodox leaders signed the "Metz Appeal", pledging dialogue, fraternity and peace. The text calls religions a "privileged path" to peace and commits signatories to joint education and shared work for justice. The document presents religious cooperation as a route to peace in Europe, which fits a wider pattern in which faith is enlisted for peace while Scripture's claim that Christ alone brings lasting peace (Acts 4:12) is left unstated.