Pope urges US and Iran to return to peace talks and condemns capital punishment - AP News
WorldBy Nicole Winfield4/24/20261 min read
Pope Leo XIV is urging the United States and Iran to return to talks to end the war. In a wide-ranging news conference Thursday on his way home from his trip to Africa, he also condemned capital punishment. Leo also asserted that countries have the right to c…
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ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) 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