Pope Leo XIV called for a sweeping ban on aerial bombardment, declaring that no one should live in fear of “death and destruction” from the sky as the Iran war enters week four.

Speaking during a meeting with a delegation on Monday from Italy’s ITA Airways, the carrier that usually transports the pontiff on international trips, the pope said aircraft must never be used as an instrument of war.

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