Pope Leo on Sunday said the international community must strive to avoid war that risks opening an "irreparable abyss", and that diplomacy should take the place of conflict. U.S. forces struck Iran's three main nuclear sites overnight,

In the wake of U.S. strikes on Iran, Pope Leo emphasized the need for the international community to work towards preventing a war as he advocated for diplomacy to replace conflict

Let diplomacy silence the guns!” Pope Leo XIV told the crowd in St. Peter’s Square a few hours after the United States entered the Iran-Israel war by bombing three of Iran’s nuclear sites.