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Pope issues stiffest rebuke yet to Trump over war threats

Apr 7, 2026Center Left

Pope Leo XIV denounced President Trump's threat to wipe out Iran's civilization on Tuesday.The big picture: The first U.S.-born pontiff told reporters in Italian "this threat against the entire people of Iran" is "truly unacceptable," according to a Vatican News translation.Leo has been increasingly outspoken in his moral opposition to many of Trump's…

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President Donald Trump's threats to obliterate Iran with a total bombing campaign drew fierce condemnation from Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday, who proclaimed, “This is truly not acceptable. Here there are certainly questions of international law, but even more than this a question of morality for the good of people,” and that “attacks on civilian infrastructure…

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