Srinagar, April 21 -- Pope Leo has criticised leaders who spend billions on wars and said the world was "being ravaged by a handful of tyrants" in unusually forceful comments during a visit to Cameroon. Speaking in a region scarred by conflict and instability, the pontiff framed war not only as a political failure but as a moral catastrophe, condemning the global systems that sustain endless militarisation while millions suffer poverty, displacement and insecurity. His remarks carried significance beyond a conventional appeal for peace, particularly because they came at a moment of escalating confrontation involving the United States, Israel and Iran, where narratives about civilisation, religion and geopolitical loyalty have increasingly...