Pope Leo urges men to respect wives amid Latin American femicide crisis

France 24 · FRANCE 24 · 2026-11-08 14:15 UTC

Pope Leo XIV urged men to respect their wives as he wrapped up the first leg of his 12-day tour of Latin America. The region recorded nearly 20,000 instances of women being killed over the past five years alone, most of them murdered by a current or former partner.

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