Pope Leo XIV has seemingly rebuked President Trump over his resolution to launch missile strikes on Iranian nuclear websites.
The U.S. launched a number of strikes towards Iranian targets on Saturday night, with Trump urging Iranian leaders to come back again to the negotiating desk.
Leo, who has held the papacy for lower than two months, posted on the X platform on Sunday afternoon with a warning that “warfare doesn’t clear up issues.”
“Struggle doesn’t clear up issues; quite the opposite, it amplifies them and inflicts deep wounds on the historical past of peoples, which take generations to heal,” he wrote.
”No armed victory can compensate for the ache of moms, the worry of kids, or stolen futures.”
”Could diplomacy silence the weapons! Could nations chart their futures with works of peace, not with violence and bloodstained conflicts!”
Struggle doesn’t clear up issues; quite the opposite, it amplifies them and inflicts deep wounds on the historical past of peoples, which take generations to heal. No armed victory can compensate for the ache of moms, the worry of kids, or stolen futures. Could diplomacy silence the weapons!…
— Pope Leo XIV (@Pontifex) June 22, 2025
The Pontiff additionally weighed in on the broader issues plaguing the Center East:
Alarming information continues to emerge from the Center East, particularly from Iran.
In opposition to this tragic backdrop, which incorporates Israel and Palestine, individuals’s each day struggling, particularly in Gaza and the opposite territories, the place the necessity for ample humanitarian assist is turning into more and more pressing, dangers being forgotten.
Right this moment greater than ever, humanity cries out and requires peace. This can be a cry that requires duty and cause, and it should not be drowned out by the din of weapons or the rhetoric that incites battle.
Each member of the worldwide neighborhood has an ethical duty to cease the tragedy of warfare earlier than it turns into an irreparable chasm. There aren’t any “distant” conflicts when human dignity is at stake.
Right this moment greater than ever, humanity cries out and requires peace. This can be a cry that requires duty and cause, and it should not be drowned out by the din of weapons or the rhetoric that incites battle. Each member of the worldwide neighborhood has an ethical duty…
— Pope Leo XIV (@Pontifex) June 22, 2025
Struggle doesn’t clear up issues; quite the opposite, it amplifies them and inflicts deep wounds on the historical past of peoples, which take generations to heal. No armed victory can compensate for the ache of moms, the worry of kids, or stolen futures. Could diplomacy silence the weapons!…
— Pope Leo XIV (@Pontifex) June 22, 2025
