Pontiff tells Italian airline staff aerial bombings should be banned, in latest condemnation of war
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Pope Leo said aeroplanes should be “carriers of peace” and that aerial bombardments should be banned in his latest condemnation of war amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran.
The comments were made by Leo, the Catholic church’s first American pontiff, during a meeting on Monday with staff from the Italian national airline, ITA Airways.
“Airplanes should always be carriers of peace, never of war! No one should be afraid that threats of death and destruction might come from the sky,” the pope said. He did not specifically refer to the war on Iran.
