Pop icon Madonna posted an urgent plea to Pope Leo Monday urging the Catholic leader to “go to Gaza and bring your light to the children before it’s too late.”

The post marked one of the first times that Madonna has commented on the ongoing war in Gaza since she joined a list of celebrities in a campaign called #NoHostageLeftBehind weeks after Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel.

In two similar posts on Instagram and X , the superstar, who was raised Roman Catholic, said she was calling on the new pope to visit the besieged enclave because he is “the only one of us who cannot be denied entry.”

“We need the humanitarian gates to be opened fully to save these innocent children. There is no more time. Please say you will go,” she continued.

In the caption of the posts, which were

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