Pope amplifies criticism of Iran war and says ‘God does not bless any conflict’

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ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV amplified his condemnation of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran on Friday, saying that “God does not bless any conflict” and certainly doesn’t side with those who drop bombs. Leo spoke during a gathering of top bishops of the Chaldean Catholic Church in Iraq, an Eastern Rite Catholic church whose clerics are in Rome to elect a new patriarch. Leo said they were signs of hope “in a world marked by senseless and inhuman violence,” especially in the lands of early Christianity