2 min | 8 Apr 2026

Addressing journalists in Castel Gandolfo, Pope Leo XIV asked ‘all people of goodwill to always search for peace and to reject war’, and called for a return to the negotiating table to pursue peaceful solutions. Pope Leo also said that threats against the population of Iran are ‘unacceptable’, in an unusual appeal made hours after US President Trump said ‘A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again’, in a social media post that shocked world leaders.