Pope Leo condemns ‘delusion of omnipotence’ fueling Iran-US war in fresh plea for peace

NewsWorldMiddle EastPope Leo condemns ‘delusion of omnipotence’ fueling Iran-US war in fresh plea for peacePope Leo condemned the US-Israel war in Iran once again on SaturdayNicole Winfield Saturday 11 April 2026 19:02 BSTBookmarkBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":false,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"CF1:2955892To1","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/pope-leo-iran-usa-war-ceasefire-peace-b2955896.html","title":"Pope Leo condemns ‘delusion of omnipotence’ fueling Iran war in fresh plea for peace"}}open image in gallery{"id":"trigger-autogallery-3626","index":0}Pope Leo spoke out against the Iran-US war on Saturday (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly international news dispatchEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_On_The_Ground_Newsletter","regTitle":"On The Ground","subscriptionGroup":"on_the_ground","subscriptionGroupId":"14806361-6435-4d19-b06e-05326605fb01","pathPrefix":["/news/world/europe","/news/world/middle-east","/news/world/australasia","/news/world/africa","/asia"],"associatedAuthors":["Bel Trew","Sam Kiley"],"title":"On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents","mobileTitle":"Get a weekly international news dispatch","lengthenedMobileTitle":"Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/onTheGround1_1.png","newsletterKey":"receiveOnTheGround","regSourceSection":"Middle East","regSourceMe...