Pope urges U.S. and Iran to return to peace talks, condemns capital punishment
Politics
April 23, 2026
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Pope Leo XIV urged the United States and Iran to return to talks to end the war Thursday and condemned capital punishment, in a wide-ranging press conference en route home from his trip to Africa.
Leo also asserted that countries have the right to control their borders but mustn’t treat migrants worse than “animals,” and lamented that the church’s morality teaching is often reduced to sexual issues.
On Iran, capital punishment and peace
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