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The first U.S.-born pontiff has consistently called for dialogue to resolve the war in the Middle East. He referred to Trump's Iran threats as ‘truly unacceptable.'
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President Trump has backed down from his threat to wipe out Iran's civilization and bomb its power plants by Tuesday night. Online, he said he agreed to suspend the bombing of Iran for two weeks.
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The president's violent rhetoric risks damaging his credibility as a negotiator and the country's standing in the world.
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President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Feb. 28, with massive joint U.S.-Israeli strikes.
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More than 70 Democratic lawmakers, questioning his mental fitness, called for the president's removal from office through impeachment or the 25th Amendment.
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The UN's chief says he is "deeply troubled" by such statements, as the US president ramps up pressure on Iran to agree a deal to end the war.
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President Trump had been under increasing pressure to find a way out after he threatened to wipe out Iran's civilization on Tuesday night unless Iran reopened the Strait of Hormuz.
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President Trump announced the deal hours after threatening that a "whole civilization will die tonight" if Iran did not allow commercial vessels to transit the Strait of Hormuz.
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The Chicago-born pope suggested fellow Americans call their congressional representatives and ask for peace, not war.
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President Trump announced a two-week pause on Iran strikes if the country agrees to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Trump had earlier threatened to wipe out the country's infrastructure, saying "a whole civilization will die tonight," if no deal was reached.
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"Attacks on civilian infrastructure is against international law," said Pope Leo XIV, before encouraging people to contact leaders and congressmen to call for peace.
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President Trump has announced a two-week ceasefire with Iran, contingent on their opening of the Strait of Hormuz. In an earlier online post, he had threatened "a whole civilization will die tonight."
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The president's apocalyptic rhetoric clashes with the responsibility of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to protect the military's honor.
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Pope Leo XIV says that U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to destroy Iranian civilization is "truly unacceptable" and that any attacks on civilian infrastructure violate international law
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