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As the world reels from the joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran, Pope Leo XIV has condemned the escalation, warning global leaders to halt a “spiral of violence” before it plunges into an “irreparable abyss.” While the February 28 attacks sparked immediate and predictable political fracturing—with Washington split along partisan lines and Middle Eastern powers bracing…