Madonna has urged Pope Leo XIV to visit Gaza and bring his "light to the children before it is too late". The US queen of pop shared her plea on social media, saying the supreme pontiff was "the only one of us who cannot be denied entry."

The pop icon said the pontiff was "the only one of us who cannot be denied entry" into the territory.

Madonna has urged Pope Leo to visit Gaza in a humanitarian mission to help starving Palestinian children, saying “there is no more time.”