Pope Francis has convened a high-level summit to demand that children be protected from war, forced labor, trafficking and exploitation.

Former president Megawati Soekarnoputri is slated to meet Pope Francis on the sidelines of the the World Leaders’ Summit on Children’s Rights in the Vatican, which will mark their second meeting to date.

Pope Francis on Monday decried the deaths of children in global conflicts, telling a Vatican summit that "nothing is worth the life of a child". Francis, who has been critical of both Israel's military campaign in Gaza and the ongoing violence of the Russia-Ukraine war,