Overview
- In a 60 Minutes interview, Pope Leo and Cardinals Blase Cupich, Robert McElroy, and Joseph Tobin urged peace and said the Iran campaign does not meet Catholic just-war standards.
- Pope Leo called the president’s threat to “destroy Iranian civilization” “truly unacceptable” and urged citizens to contact lawmakers to press for a ceasefire and negotiations.
- The National Catholic Reporter said President Trump posted a sharp attack on Leo right after the interview aired, underscoring the deepening clash.
- Cupich criticized the White House’s social-media “gamification” of bombing videos, saying the posts turn suffering into entertainment and strip victims and U.S. troops of their humanity.
- On immigration, U.S. bishops issued a rare unified rebuke of “indiscriminate mass deportation,” Tobin labeled ICE “lawless” for fear-driven tactics, and Leo advanced migrant job training at Castel Gandolfo as Pew found 55% of U.S. Catholics voted for Trump.