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Pope Leo visits Cameroon with message of peace amid attacks from Trump [Pope Leo XIV](/news/2026/4/13/terrible-for-foreign-policy-trump-attacks-pope-leo-after-peace-appeal
Pope Leo shares message of unity amid spat with Trump: ‘We can live in peace
message of peace. The pope firmly rejected the idea that he “supported nuclear weapons”, which the Catholic Church teaches are immoral. Ahead of his meeting with Leo, Rubio [pushed back](/news/2026/5/5/before-vatican-trip-rubio-defends-trump-remarks-on-pope-leo-over-iran) after Trump
peace efforts at the Vatican with Pope Leo XIV, whose opposition to the Iran war has led to open sparring with President Donald Trump. ### Administration has sent mixed messages
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
peace and justice throughout the world.” Leo’s comments on “delusion” were made at evening prayer in the Vatican on Saturday as the US and Iran began face-to-face negotiations in Pakistan. The pope
Pope Leo XIV said that it is “not in my interest at all” to debate Trump** about the Iran war, but that he would continue preaching the Gospel message of peace
message was undeniably global. "The world is being ravaged by a handful of tyrants," he said, "yet it is held together by a multitude of supportive brothers and sisters." Pope Leo's African trip comes
Leo had voiced concerns over Trump's threat that "a whole civilisation will die" if Iran did not agree to US demands to end the war and open the Strait of Hormuz, a threat which
message of peace for its separatist region and for talks with President Paul Biya, the 93-year-old leader whose grip on power was extended for an eighth term in a widely disputed election last
message in the Gospel," Leo told reporters on Monday at the start of an [11-day Africa tour](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/12/nx-s1-5782636/a-country-by-country-glance-at-pope-leo-xivs-trip-to-africa). [ - [A very muscly Sith lord](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/29/the-slopaganda-era-10-ai-images-posted-by-the-white-house-and-what-they-teach-us) The AI-generated posts “rally his base and distract the public from other topics”, Poynter [wrote](https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2025/trump-white-house-ai-political-messaging/).
Pope Francis – honourable defiance against suffering and injustice, but has also refined it into a sharp, uncompromising critique of autocratic hubris. While most “leaders” of Western, “liberal” democracies were reluctant to condemn Trump’s overt
Trump took aim at Leo over his criticisms of the war in Iran. In a lengthy diatribe on social media, the US president accused Leo of being “weak on crime and terrible on foreign policy
message of justice and nonviolence. Addressing about 120,000 faithful in Douala, the Roman Catholic leader called on the city’s youth to reject violence and corruption to pursue the common good. His homily
peace. This is not about politics. It's about moral truth," he told the BBC, saying the scale of death and suffering faced by innocent civilians meant the war could never be viewed as "just