‘God does not bless any conflict’: pope issues new rebuke over Iran war

Social media post names no names but criticizes attempts to use religion to glorify US war in Middle East

https://www.theguardian.com/world/pope-leo-xiv">Pope Leo XIV on Friday offered a new criticism of war, in a social media post that named no names but appeared to hint at the Trump administration leadership harnessing Christian nationalism to glorify the US and Israel’s https://www.theguardian.com/world/us-israel-war-on-iran">war against Iran.

“God does not bless any conflict.

Anyone who is a disciple of Christ, the Prince of Peace, is never on the side of those who once wielded the sword and today drop bombs,” Leo https://x.com/Pontifex/status/2042588417578668338">wrote on his official X account. “Military action will not create space for freedom or times of #Peace, which comes only from the patient promotion of coexistence and dialogue among peoples.”