Pope Leo XIV emphasized the importance of global peace on Wednesday, as President Donald Trump is pitching himself as a president devoted to peace in the Middle East.
‘War is never inevitable. Weapons can and must fall silent, for they never solve problems but only intensify them,’ Pope Leo XIV wrote on the official ‘Pontifex’ X account.
‘Those who sow peace will endure throughout history, not those who reap victims,' he added. 'Others are not enemies to hate but human beings with whom to speak.’
The pope did not refer to President Trump by name, but his post emphasized a universal truth about the teachings of Christ at a time of war and chaos around the world.
The pope’s account also linked to his speech to participants in the jubilee of Oriental Churches, where he shared a similar message to priests and religious men and women from the Eastern Church.
