Pope Leo says planes should be ‘carriers of peace, never of war’

Pontiff tells Italian airline staff aerial bombings should be banned, in latest condemnation of war

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Pope Leo has said aeroplanes should be “carriers of peace” and that aerial bombardments should be banned, in his latest condemnation of war amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran.

The Catholic church’s first American pontiff made the comments during a meeting on Monday with staff from the Italian national airline ITA Airways.