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Pope Leo made an impassioned plea connected Sunday (March 15, 2026) for an contiguous ceasefire in the expanding Iran war, lamenting “atrocious violence” that he said had killed thousands of non-combatants and caused suffering crossed the region.
As the U.S.-Israeli warfare connected Iran enters its 3rd week, the archetypal U.S. Pope warned that unit would not bring the justice, stableness and bid that the peoples of the portion long for.
“For 2 weeks, the peoples of the Middle East have been suffering the atrocious unit of war,” the pope said astatine his play Angelus supplication successful St. Peter’s Square.
“In the sanction of Christians successful the Middle East and of each women and men of bully will, I entreaty to those liable for this conflict: Cease fire!” Pope Leo said.
Idea that warfare solves problems is absurd
Leo added that the concern in Lebanon - ravaged by a warfare betwixt Israel and the Iran-backed Lebanese radical Hezbollah - was besides a origin of “great concern”.
“I anticipation for paths of dialog that tin enactment the country’s authorities successful implementing lasting solutions to the superior situation presently underway, for the communal bully of each the Lebanese people,” the Pope said.
During a sojourn to a Rome parish later, the pope said warfare could ne'er resoluteness problems and deed retired astatine radical who invoke God to warrant killings.
“Today galore of our brothers and sisters in the satellite are suffering due to the fact that of convulsive conflicts, caused by the absurd assertion that problems and disagreements tin beryllium resolved done war, erstwhile alternatively we indispensable engage successful unceasing dialog for peace,” helium said during his homily.
“Some adjacent spell truthful acold arsenic to invoke the sanction of God to warrant these choices of death, but God cannot beryllium enlisted by darkness. Rather, He ever comes to bring light, hope and bid to humanity.”
