Pope Leo: I Invite Citizens To Tell Their Leaders To Work For Peace, Reject War
Pope Leo XIV urged an embrace of dialogue in the wake of President Trump threatening to anihiliate the “whole civilization” of Iran. “A whole civilization will die tonight,” said the American president. “I am asking all people of goodwill to search always for peace and not violence, to reject war-especially a war which many people have said is unjust, which is continuing to escalate, and which is not resolving anything,” the first American Pope said. “So come back to the table. Let’s talk. Let’s look for solutions in a peaceful way.” “Let me remind all that attacks on civilian infrastructure are against international law, but that they are also a sign of the hatred, the division, and the destruction the human being is capable of,” he said. “We all want to work for peace. People want peace.” “I would invite the citizens of all the countries involved to contact the authorities, political leaders, and congressmen to ask them-tell them-to work for peace and to reject war.” (Read more from EWTN News)
POPE LEO XIV: I would simply say once again what I said in the Urbi/Orbi message on Sunday, asking all people of goodwill to search always for peace and not violence, to reject war-especially a war which many people have said is unjust, which is continuing to escalate, and which is not resolving anything. In fact, we have a worldwide economic crisis, an energy crisis, and a situation in the Middle East of great instability, which is only provoking more hatred throughout the world. So come back to the table. Let’s talk. Let’s look for solutions in a peaceful way. And let’s remember, especially, the innocent children, the elderly, the sick-so many people who have already become, or will become, victims of this continued warfare. Let me remind all that attacks on civilian infrastructure are against international law, but that they are also a sign of the hatred, the division, and the destruction the human being is capable of. We all want to work for peace. People want peace. I would invite the citizens of all the countries involved to contact the authorities, political leaders, and congressmen to ask them-tell them-to work for peace and to reject war. Always.
