NCReporter. 4/7/26
Catholics across the ideological spectrum, including Pope Leo XIV, expressed alarm and condemned President Donald Trump’s threat that “a whole civilization will die tonight” unless Iran strikes a deal with the United States by 8 p.m. Eastern on April 7.
Leo XIV called the threats “truly unacceptable” and said that such attacks would violate international law. In some of his strongest comments yet against the war, Leo urged Americans and others to demand that political leaders reject war and work for peace.
“Today as we all know there was this threat against all the people of Iran. This is truly unacceptable,” he said as he left his country house in Castel Gandolfo, according to The Washington Post.
Leo on Easter appealed for peace and rejected war. He will lead a prayer vigil for peace on April 11 at St. Peter’s Basilica.
On April 7, the pope urged people to contact their political leaders and congressional representatives and to remind them that attacks on civilian infrastructure are “against international law” and a “sign of the hatred, the division, the destruction human beings are capable of, and we all want to work for peace,” according to the Post…
