Tag: Pope Leo XIV

“US threats against Iran’s population unacceptable” – Pope Leo

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Pope Leo on US Iran's threats

Pope Leo has said that threats ​against the population of Iran are “unacceptable,” in an unusual appeal hours ‌after U.S. President, Donald Trump said “a whole civilization will die tonight”, in a social media post that shocked world leaders. The Pope, who has ​emerged as an outspoken critic of the Iran war, yesterday said: “Today, as we all know, there was this threat against the entire ​people of Iran, and this is truly unacceptable”. “There are certainly issues ⁠here of international law, but even more than that, it is a…

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Pope Leo XIV condemns Trump’s Iran war for the 3rd time in 3 days

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Pope condemns Trump's Iran war

Pope Leo XIV has spoken out against Donald Trump’s war on Iran for the third time, making clear that the leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics views the ongoing military campaign as a moral catastrophe.  Speaking at the Villa Barberini in Castel Gandolfo, the first American-born pope urged world leaders to seek dialogue and find solutions without weapons, telling the congregation to “pray for peace, work for peace, less hatred”. His latest remarks follow a powerful message posted to X the day after Trump’s “Operation Epic Fury” was launched…

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M’East War: Iran vows ‘lessons’ for US, Israel

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Iran vows US, Israel

…As Gulf States, Nigeria, Pope demand restraint A major military confrontation has erupted in the Middle-East after the United States (U.S) and Israel launched coordinated strikes on Iran, triggering retaliatory missile attacks across the Gulf and drawing urgent appeals for restraint from world leaders, including Pope Leo XIV. U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed Saturday that American forces were engaged in a “major combat operation” aimed at eliminating what he described as imminent threats from the Iranian regime. The offensive, reportedly months in planning, was carried out in coordination with Israeli…

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500 years after church split, 

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Pope and King reunite

Pope and King reunite For the first time in nearly five centuries, the Heads of the world’s two most prominent Christian traditions, the Pope and the King of England stood side by side in prayer.  Inside the hallowed walls of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, Pope Leo XIV and King Charles III, Supreme Governor of the Church of England, joined voices to recite the Lord’s Prayer in English. Observers said this is clearly a gesture loaded with history, symbolism, and hope. It was not another royal visit or diplomatic…

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US Cardinal Prevost elected Pope Leo XIV

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Pope Leo XIV

…Becomes first American Pontiff In a landmark moment for the Catholic Church, United States (U.S.) Cardinal Robert Prevost was yesterday elected in a surprise choice to be the new leader of the Catholic Church, taking the name Leo XIV, becoming the first American pontiff. Pope Leo, appeared on the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica around 70 minutes after white smoke billowed from a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel signifying the 133 cardinal electors had chosen a new leader for the 1.4 billion-member Catholic Church. With this election, Prevost, aged…

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