Pope Leo XIV in Vatican City on Thursday. On Friday he urged nations to commit to work together to follow international laws.
Amid escalating threats across the globe, Pope Leo XIV used an annual address on Friday to the diplomatic corps to the Vatican to forcefully condemn “a diplomacy based on force” and a “zeal for war.”
Nations must commit to work together to follow international laws and “cannot depend on mere circumstances and military or strategic interests,” Pope Leo told the diplomats in the speech, which amounts to a sort of annual papal foreign policy statement.
Leo did not mention any world leaders by name. But his remarks were pointed given the events of recent days, including the Trump administration’s military operation in Venezuela and threats against Greenland, and on
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