Pope Leo condemns US-Israeli war on Iran

The US-born pontiff has said “violence can never lead to justice”

Pope Leo XIV has spoken against the ongoing US-Israeli war on Iran by calling for an immediate ceasefire. Stability can never be achieved through violence, the pontiff, himself a US national, has warned.

The Pope delivered his speech as part of a weekly Angelus prayer in St. Peter’s Square in Vatican on Sunday, where he decried two weeks of “horrific violence” suffered by the people of the Middle East.