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Pope Leo in a Saturday vigil for peace, referred to as out the “delusion of omnipotence” he claimed is fueling conflict.
“In prayer, our restricted human prospects are joined to the infinite prospects of God. Ideas, phrases and deeds then break the demonic cycle of evil and are positioned on the service of the Kingdom of God,” he stated in a prayer service at St. Peter’s Basilica.
He continued, “A Kingdom through which there is no such thing as a sword, no drone, no vengeance, no trivialization of evil, no unjust revenue, however solely dignity, understanding and forgiveness. It’s right here that we discover a bulwark towards that delusion of omnipotence that surrounds us and is turning into more and more unpredictable and aggressive.”
In posts on X and in the course of the prayer vigil, the pontiff additionally warned that conflict “divides” whereas hope and faith unite humanity.
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Pope Leo XIV leads a vigil for peace inside St. Peter’s Basilica on the Vatican on Saturday. (Gregorio Borgia/AP Photograph)
“Sufficient of the idolatry of self and cash. Sufficient of the show of energy. Sufficient of conflict,” he wrote. “True energy is proven in serving life.”
The archbishop of Tehran, Belgian Cardinal Dominique Joseph Mathieu, was amongst these within the pews.
Leo’s phrases got here on the identical day the Vice President JD Vance and a U.S. delegation started face-to-face talks with Iran amid an uneasy ceasefire.
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They had been among the first American pontiff’s strongest phrases but after he referred to as President Donald Trump’s threat against Iran on Tuesday “really unacceptable.”
“At the moment, as everyone knows, there has additionally been this menace against the entire people of Iran, and that is really unacceptable,” the pope stated earlier this week. “There are definitely problems with worldwide regulation right here, however much more so an ethical problem for the great of the entire complete inhabitants.”
Pope Leo XIV speaks to the media on the U.S.–Israeli battle with Iran, as he leaves the papal residence to go again to the Vatican, April 7, in Castel Gandolfo, Italy. (Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters)
Trump had written on Reality Social “A whole civilization will die tonight, by no means to be introduced again once more. I don’t need that to occur, but it surely in all probability will… God Bless the Nice Individuals of Iran!”
Hours later, the president introduced a two-week ceasefire topic to Iran agreeing to “the COMPLETE, IMMEDIATE, and SAFE OPENING of the Strait of Hormuz,” the president wrote in one other submit.
Because the high-stakes talks started on Saturday is Islamabad, Trump advised reporters exterior of the White Home: “We win no matter what occurs. Perhaps they make a deal, perhaps they don’t.”
Islamabad host peace talks between Iran and the U.S. on Saturday. (Farooq Naeem / AFP through Getty Photos)
For greater than a month, the pope restricted his remarks to muted appeals for peace, however in his Easter blessing final Sunday, he urged “these with weapons lay them down. Let those that have the ability to unleash wars choose peace.”
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Leo additionally invoked what he stated had been the ultimate phrases that Pope Francis issued to the world from the identical balcony one yr in the past, throughout which the late pontiff warned of a “globalization of indifference.”
“What a terrific thirst for demise, for killing we witness every day within the many conflicts raging in numerous components of the world,” Leo stated, quoting Francis.
Fox Information’ Jasmine Baehr and The Related Press contributed to this report.
