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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Nicole Winfield

BIZARRE: Pope amplifies criticism of iran war and says god does not bless any conflict - You Need To See This

Vatican Pope - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

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.

Leo spoke during a gathering of top bishops of the Chaldean Catholic Church in Iraq, an Eastern Rite Catholic church whose clerics are in Rome to elect a new patriarch.

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