OK, sure, he calls for peace in the traditional fashion, as popes always do. But of course he condemns actions by America and Israel without saying anything negative about an Islamic republic.

Invocations of God by the Trump administration to defend the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran have alarmed the Vatican, and Leo has grown blunter in pushing back against suggestions that divine providence supports the use of force or violence, as when Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth asked God to give U.S. troops attacking Iran “overwhelming violence of action against those who deserve no mercy.”

No surprise there. Leaders should not claim God is on their side. Now do Iran.