US EditionPope Leo calls Trump's threat against Iran 'truly unacceptable'
The pope said threats against Iranian civilians are unacceptable and urged leaders to seek peaceful solutions as attacks on civilian infrastructure would violate international law.
- On Tuesday, Pope Leo XIV labeled President Donald Trump's threats to destroy Iranian civilization "truly unacceptable" while speaking in Castel Gandolfo, Italy. Leo warned that targeting civilian infrastructure violates international law.
- Trump recently threatened that a "whole civilization will die tonight" if Iran fails to meet his deadline for reopening the Strait of Hormuz. He vowed to destroy infrastructure if the regime refuses to comply.
- "It is a moral question," Leo said, urging citizens to contact elected officials to reject military escalation. He called on people to demand renewed efforts toward peace rather than continued military confrontation.
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Pope Leo XIV calls Trump's Iran threat 'truly unacceptable'
"There are certainly issues of international law here, but even more so a moral issue for the good of the whole, entire population," the pope said in Italian to reporters outside his residence in Castel Gandolfo, Italy.
Pope Leo XIV once again criticized the war in the East, stating that threats against the Iranian people were "absolutely unacceptable" and calling on people to seek peace.
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Pope says Trump's war threat 'truly unacceptable'
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