The Secretary-General of the United States of the World, Michele Capasso, the Director of the Museum of Peace, Pia Molinari, and the delegate of the SUM Council of Ambassadors, Giuseppe D’Antonio, met the two rabbis, Rabbi Elhanan Beck and Rabbi Haim Sofer, at the organisation’s headquarters in Naples, accompanied by the Palestinian Ambassador to Italy, Mona Abuamara.
On this occasion, the initiatives undertaken by the United States of the World in support of Palestine and Gaza since 1990 were outlined.

After visiting Madrid and Barcelona, Pope Leo XIV concluded his fourth seven-day apostolic journey to Spain in the Canary Islands.
A delegation from the ‘United States of the World’ and the ‘Mediterranean Foundation’, hosted by the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians of the Salesian Family – founding members of the ‘United States of the World’ – took part in the various stages of the papal visit’s programme.

The “United States of the World” and the “Fondazione Mediterraneo” are participating in and supporting the “Day for Dialogue Among Civilisations”, designated by the United Nations and celebrated on 10 June each year.
“It is an important initiative,” emphasised Secretary-General Michele Capasso, “to affirm the fundamental role of dialogue at a time when we are instead overwhelmed by arrogance and the law of force.”

Pope Leo XIV spent two days in Barcelona, from 9 to 11 June. The first day was devoted to the Midday Prayer, followed by the Pope’s address during the prayer vigil at the Olympic Stadium. The following day (10 June) he visited the Brians 1 prison and recited the Rosary at the Abbey of Our Lady of Montserrat, a Benedictine monastic complex some 50 km from Barcelona, which houses the statue of Our Lady of Montserrat, also known as ‘La Moreneta’, proclaimed patron saint of Catalonia in 1881 by Pope Leo XIII. This was followed by a meeting with representatives of the diocesan charitable and welfare organisations at the Church of Sant Agustí and Mass celebrated at the Sagrada Família (on the day marking the 100th anniversary of the death of Antoni Gaudí), with the inauguration of the Tower of Jesus Christ. 
“I am thrilled to be here in Barcelona, the city where the Fondazione Mediterraneo began its work forty years ago,” said Secretary-General Michele Capasso, “but I was even more struck by the power of Pope Leo XIV’s words when he stated that ‘gratuitousness is superior to the logic of profit’.”
The Pope arrived at the “Lluís Companys” Olympic Stadium in Barcelona this evening for a prayer vigil and a dialogue with a group of young people. The stadium, which has a capacity of 55,000 spectators, is full. Near the stadium, Leo XIV blessed a convoy of ambulances and humanitarian vehicles bound for Ukraine, thanks to a humanitarian corridor organised by the Dominican nun Lucia Caram, of the Convent of Santa Chiara in Manresa, known internationally as Sister Lucia for her humanitarian initiatives.