A new call to leaders for an immediate end to hostilities in the Middle East and Ukraine has been issued from Angola, where Pope Leo IV is in Angola.
“Guns to be silenced and the path of dialogue to follow,” Pope Leo IV said, referring to the ongoing war in the Middle East and Ukraine. The pope made the call after a mass outside the Angolan capital Luanda, attended by about 100,000 people.
His new statement follows one yesterday, which indicated he did not intend to enter into a confrontation with US President Donald Trump. Recall that on Tuesday night, Donald Trump called in a post for “someone to inform Pope Leo about the killings of protesters in Iran.” While, Donald Trump called it “absolutely unacceptable” for Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon.
In any case, the US pontiff had praised the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon for halting hostilities between Israeli forces and the Iranian-backed Hezbollah, calling it a “reason for hope”.
The tension, which had been raised by Trump’s side with Pope Leo IV, was also intervened today by France with Foreign Minister, Jean Noel Barrot saying: “I don’t understand them (Trump’s statements) and I don’t believe they are acceptable, in the sense that the pontiff’s mission is to call for peace and brotherhood in all places and in all circumstances.”
Recall that last Monday, Italian Prime Minister, Georgia Meloni had called Donald Trump’s statements against Pope Leo IV “unacceptable.”
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