“As we all know, today there was also this threat against the entire Iranian people, and that is really unacceptable,” Leo XIV told reporters on Tuesday evening. Although the Pope did not directly mention Donald Trump by name on this occasion, it was completely clear who he was referring to: On the same day, the US President had threatened that “an entire civilization would perish” if Iran allowed an ultimatum it had set to pass by late in the evening. The threat was so massive that there were European politicians who even believed a US nuclear strike against Iran was possible, such as Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto. And perhaps the Pope also had such apocalyptic fears.
