March 16 (UPI) -- Pope Leo XIV called for a cease-fire in the Middle East on Sunday, issuing his strongest and most direct demand to date for an end to the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran as the conflict entered its third week.

March 16 (UPI) -- Pope Leo XIV called for a cease-fire in the Middle East on Sunday, issuing his strongest and most direct demand to date for an end to the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran as the conflict entered its third week.

He added that the situation in Lebanon was also a cause of “great concern”. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

He also hit out at people who invoke God to justify killings. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.