Pope Leo XIV has begun tweeting and his first messages are unequivocally antiwar. In fact, he offered to mediate peace between warring nations!
“The Holy See is willing to help enemies meet, so they may look each other in the eye and so people may be given back the dignity they deserve: the dignity of peace. With heart in hand, I say to the leaders of nations: let us meet; let us dialogue; let us negotiate!”
One can only assume that means all leaders are welcome, popular and unpopular.
He also posted about the “the preservation of the Eastern rites,” which was important to Pope Leo XIII, he says.
It does not seem that any one conflict is more important to the Pope than another. In this post he gave permission to feel outraged about it: “There is so much violence and so many wars in our world! Amid this horror that should provoke outrage—as people die in the name of military conquest—stands the call of Christ, who repeats: ‘Peace be with you!’”
It is not unusual for Popes to play diplomatic peacemaking roles but it is interesting that this Pope wasted no time doing so.
