LONDON (AP) — Madonna has urged the pope to travel to Gaza and “bring your light to the children before it’s too late.” The superstar posted her appeal to the pontiff on social media Monday, saying her son Rocco’s birthday prompted her to make the post. Rocco turned 25 Monday.

Madonna is calling on her distant cousin, Pope Leo XIV, to travel to Gaza to help address the humanitarian crisis there.

Madonna is pleading with Pope Leo to travel to war ravaged Gaza to "bring your light to the children before it's too late." In a social media message posted on Monday, the pop icon added the pontiff was "the only one of us who cannot be denied entry" into Gaza,