VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV insisted Thursday that peace was not only possible but necessary, as he blasted the “irrationality” of nuclear deterrence and the weaponization of faith in modern political discourse.
Leo made the comments in his first peace message, an annual exhortation that the Vatican prepares ahead of each New Year’s Day, when the Catholic Church marks its world day of peace.
In the short text, which was released at an emotional press conference, Leo reflected back on his first words as pope, uttered on the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica on…
