First Baptist Dallas’ senior pastor Robert Jeffress said in a recent Fox News segment Pope Leo XIV is wrong when it comes to Iran, expressing his support for the Trump Administration’s war on the regime.

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Iran’s nuclear capabilities are part of the rationale that the Trump administration has earlier provided for launching a war on the regime, The Associated Press reported earlier this year. The White House has previously said the decision to launch Operation Epic Fury to destroy Iran’s offensive missile and security infrastructure was based on a cumulative effect of direct and imminent threat that the regime posed to the United States, The AP reported. 

Pope Leo, the first American Pope, expressed his strong disapproval of the war that the Trump administration has launched against Iran and has criticized the situation, saying “God does not bless any conflict,” The AP reported. 

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“The Pope is a good man, he is sincere in his faith, but he is sincerely wrong when it comes to Iran,” Jeffress said. 

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The pastor told Fox News that a few days after the U.S.-Iran conflict began, he was in the Oval Office with faith leaders and President Donald Trump, who said “Iran was within weeks of getting a powerful weapon that would destroy Israel, much of the Middle East and could bring great harm to America, and he had no choice but to act.”

Jeffress said, in the segment, he commends the president for fulfilling his “God-given” responsibility to protect the nation. He added the role of the government is to protect its citizens from evil-doers. 

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