CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy, March 31 (Reuters) - Pope Leo urged U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday to look for an "off-ramp" to end the Iran war, in an unusual direct appeal from the pontiff to the president to end the expanding regional conflict.
"I'm told that President Trump has recently stated that he would like to end the war," said Leo, the first pope from the United States.
"Hopefully he's looking for an off-ramp," the pope told journalists outside his residence in Castel Gandolfo, near Rome. "Hopefully he's looking for a way to decrease the amount of violence."