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Top US Senate Democrats again try for war powers resolution – as it happened

comments came after Trump launched an extraordinary broadside against **Pope Leo XIV**, saying on Truth

Trump accuses ally Meloni of lacking courage for not joining attacks on Iran

Pope Leo, with headlines using words such as ‘outrage’, ‘shock attack’, ‘insult’ and ‘Trump’s schism’](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/c0fd1f1d9078d64fae368459867c4b424eaaa4f4/0_0_8326_5551/master/8326.jpg?width=445&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none) Donald Trump’s comments

Archbishop of Canterbury backs pope’s calls for peace amid Trump feud

Pope Leo XIV’s calls for peace amid [his public feud](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/13/donald-trump-pope-leo) with Donald Trump. Days after the US president objected to comments

‘It’s kind of a tough situation’: US Catholics torn in feud between president and the pope

Trump and other Republican leaders and supporters to criticism from [Pope Leo XIV](https://www.theguardian.com/world/pope-leo-xiv) against the war in Iran has tested that proposition. The pope has been broadly and consistently critical

Pope Leo calls on Cameroonians to reject violence as 120,000 join Mass

comments critical of the war in Iran have [angered US President Donald Trump](/news/2026/4/16/pope-leo-decries-world-ruled-by-tyrants-after-trump-attacks), who called the first US-born pontiff “weak” and “terrible for foreign policy”. Pope Leo

Pope criticises 'tyrants' who spend billions on wars, days after Trump spat

Trump spat Pope Leo has criticised leaders who spend billions on wars and said the world is "being ravaged by a handful of tyrants," in unusually forceful comments

Why has Italy’s Giorgia Meloni suspended a defence pact with Israel?

Trump had not commented on those decisions until yesterday, when, in an interview with Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, he took aim at Meloni. The Italian PM had leapt to defend Pope Leo

Pope Leo takes aim at 'handful of tyrants' spending billions on war.

Pope Leo XIV has delivered striking remarks in Cameroon, condemning global leaders who, he said, are "ravaging the world" by spending billions on war. The comments come amid a growing public [dispute with President Trump

Pope Leo shares message of unity amid spat with Trump: ‘We can live in peace’

Trump administration and the Vatican over the war in Iran took another twist on Wednesday when Pope Leo shared a message of peace and healing after the latest angry broadside from the White House

Pope Leo XIV says ‘world is being ravaged by a handful of tyrants’ as US bishops express support

Pope Leo XIV](https://www.theguardian.com/world/pope-leo-xiv) has said that the world is being “ravaged by a handful of tyrants” who spend billions on war, in comments that will be seen as another sharp escalation

Pope says 'tyrants' speech was not aimed at Trump

Pope Leo has said he was not seeking to debate Donald Trump when he criticised "tyrants" for spending billions on wars in a speech earlier this week. The pontiff said the remarks, which he delivered

Trump's rift with Pope is playing out in public - it's costing him valuable support

Leo," he says. Soon after the first US and Israeli attacks on Iran, US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth recited a highly controversial prayer at a Pentagon worship service that talked of "overwhelming violence

Popes have spoken out on politics before. But with Trump and Pope Leo it's different

Trump called the pope's comments "disgraceful," but he quickly smoothed over the situation and [called Francis](https://www.wsj.com/articles/pope-francis-calls-donald-trumps-border-wall-not-christian-1455814974) a "wonderful guy." ### **Popes have been reluctant to name names before now** Popes have historically

Two weeks that pushed Trump to the edge. Is his presidency unravelling?

pope, calling him “WEAK on Crime, and terrible for Foreign Policy” after Leo spoke out against Trump’s bellicose threats to Iran. The president was swiftly condemned by Catholic leaders, including conservative-leaning bishops. Then

Pope Leo decries world ruled by ‘tyrants’ after Trump attacks

Trump attacks Pope Leo XIV has blasted the “handful of tyrants” who are ravaging Earth with war and exploitation, as he preached a message of peace in the epicentre of a separatist conflict considered

‘Popesplaining’ Vance out of depth in row over whether Iran is a just war

Leo’s comments were not a question of the pope’s “opinion” but Catholic teaching contained in the catechism, the collected doctrine of the church. “For over 1,000 years, the Catholic church has taught

The AI images Trump can’t get enough of

comments rooted in fantasy rather than fact” – it wasn’t the first time he has dabbled in Christian art.  An AI-generated image

Americanswers... on 5 Live! Donald Trump vs Pope Leo on Iran

Leo XIV, who has been critical of the US war with Iran. The US president has slammed the pope for being “weak” on crime and “terrible” at foreign policy, whilst also posting a picture

As Meloni’s hold over Italy weakens, a progressive challenger gathers momentum in Genoa

Trump has frayed](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/16/giorgia-meloni-relations-donald-trump-italy) after the US president publicly scolded her this week for criticising his broadside against Pope Leo and for not supporting the US-Israeli war on Iran. As the drama

US-Iran peace talks could resume in next two days, Trump says | First Thing

Leo criticized the White House over the Iran war. Vance also said of the pope: “If you’re going to opine on matters of theology, you’ve got to be careful.” ## **DoJ files for overturning