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Pope Leo 'deeply concerned' about US war in Middle East: 'Assume the moral responsibility'

Mar 2, 2026Left

Early Saturday morning, February 28, Europeans woke up to the news that U.S. President Donald Trump had launched missile strikes against Iran. Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei, the Shiite fundamentalist who had been leading Iran since 1989, was killed — and the Middle Eastern conflict escalated when Iranian missiles aimed at U.S. military installations in…

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