Pope Leo Slams 'Demonic Cycle of Evil' Behind Iran War in Sermon

Pope Leo XIV has delivered his most forceful condemnation of the Iran war yet, decrying a 'demonic cycle of evil' that perpetuates violence and dehumanization on all sides. The sermon comes as U.S.-Vatican tensions simmer over reports of a heated exchange between Pentagon officials and a Vatican cardinal. The pope's language explicitly frames the conflict in spiritual terms, challenging the administration's own religious framing of the war as divinely sanctioned.