Pope Leo XIV weighed in on the US and Israeli attacks on the Iranian regime on Sunday.
Leo lectured that “stability and peace are not achieved through mutual threats, nor through the use of weapons, which sow destruction, suffering, and death, but only through reasonable, sincere, and responsible dialogue.”
What a naive take on such a serious international issue. He sounds like a grade school girl.
The pope wrote:
I am following with deep concern what is happening in the Middle East and in Iran during this tumultuous time. Stability and peace are not achieved through mutual threats, nor through the use of weapons, which sow destruction, suffering, and death, but only through reasonable, sincere, and responsible dialogue.
Faced with the possibility of a tragedy of immense proportions, I make a heartfelt appeal to all the parties involved to assume the moral responsibility of halting the spiral of violence before it becomes an unbridgeable chasm. May diplomacy regain its proper role, and may the well-being of peoples, who yearn for peaceful existence founded on justice, be upheld. And let us continue to pray for peace.
Faced with the possibility of a tragedy of immense proportions, I make a heartfelt appeal to all the parties involved to assume the moral responsibility of halting the spiral of violence before it becomes an unbridgeable chasm. May diplomacy regain its proper role, and may the…
— Pope Leo XIV (@Pontifex) March 1, 2026
The responses to Pope Leo XIV’s take were brutal.
Where were you when this monster was killing 30 thousand peaceful protesters in Iran?
Trump Derangement Syndrome has rotted your brain pic.twitter.com/xWPoJhtUJm
— Vince Langman (@LangmanVince) March 1, 2026
We share your heart for peace. But peace requires two willing parties, and terror does not negotiate.
For thirty years the world extended dialogue to a regime that used every conversation as cover to fund proxy wars, arm terrorists, and purchase death across four continents.…
— Insurrection Barbie (@DefiyantlyFree) March 1, 2026
Sometimes you’re just as bad as Francis.
— Joey Mannarino
(@JoeyMannarino) March 1, 2026
Your Holiness,
I’m available to be your advisor…Here is why the military action against Iran is morally justified:
As a faithful Catholic, I support the joint U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran today (Feb 28, 2026) because they meet every criterion of Catholic Just War doctrine (CCC…
— Doug Billings (@DougBillings) March 1, 2026
Isaiah 48:22
“There is no peace,” saith the Lord, “unto the wicked.” pic.twitter.com/KfKL0mFNSP
— Greg (@Commander_Prime) March 1, 2026
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