By Joshua McElwee ROME, May 14 (Reuters) – Pope Leo on Thursday decried rising European military spending, which grew last year by the highest amount since the end of the Cold War amid pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump, saying it was a betrayal of diplomacy. Leo, who has drawn Trump’s ire in recent weeks after criticizing the Iran war, told university students in Rome that they should not refer to such rearmament as defence spending, adding that the world was being “maimed by wars”.
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Pope Leo decries European military spending as ‘betrayal’ of diplomacy
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