“What is happening to the Palestinians themselves is just sheer terror, designed to make the situation there so unlivable that they leave.”
Donald Trump
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Vatican says report Pentagon officials lectured its ambassador about Pope Leo ‘completely untrue’
“The narrative offered by some media outlets about this meeting is completely untrue,” the Vatican press office statement said.
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Pope Leo amplifies criticism of Iran war and says ‘God does not bless any conflict’
Pope Leo XIV amplified his condemnation of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran on Friday, saying that “God does not bless any conflict” and certainly doesn’t side with those who drop bombs.
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Pentagon disputes report senior officials lectured Vatican diplomat about Pope Leo
The top Vatican diplomat in the U.S. was brought to the Pentagon in January for a “bitter lecture” about comments from Pope Leo XIV that some senior U.S. defense officials perceived as criticism of the Trump administration, The Free Press reported April 6.
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Trump is showing what a world governed by power alone looks like. It should terrify us.
The Trump administration’s reliance on violence and desire for domination is profoundly un-Christian.
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Pope Leo praises U.S.-Iran ceasefire as ‘sign of genuine hope,’ presses for peace
Pope Leo XIV welcomed the newly announced ceasefire in the Middle East as “a sign of genuine hope” after what he described as “hours of extreme tension,” while urging a return to negotiations and calling the faithful to prayer.
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Pope Leo: Trump’s threat to destroy Iran ‘truly unacceptable’
Speaking in English, Leo called on the citizens of the countries involved “to contact the authorities, political leaders, congressmen—to ask them, tell them, to work for peace and to reject war always.”
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Trump threatened Iran’s ‘whole civilization.’ That’s a war crime—not a just war.
On Tuesday, April 7, President Donald Trump came to the brink of committing a war crime.
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US bishops’ leader rebukes Trump after he threatens Iran’s ‘whole civilization will die tonight’
In a post the same day on his social media website, Truth Social, Trump said, “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will.”
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Bombing civilians in Iran to spare soldiers violates moral and international law
The principle of sparing civilian lives is a cornerstone of international law. And the hatred caused by the killing of noncombatants jeopardizes long-term peace.