Trump Backs Down Hours After Pope Leo XIV Called His Iran Threat “Unacceptable”

A two-week ceasefire is now on the table after Leo’s rebuke and more than 15,000 calls and emails from the this community — but Netanyahu is already lobbying against it.

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Pope Leo XIV walked out of his residence at Castel Gandolfo on Tuesday evening and called President Trump’s threat to annihilate Iran “truly unacceptable.”

Hours later, Trump backed down.

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