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conflict](https://www.npr.org/series/1205445976/middle-east-crisis) ### [Pope Leo brushes off Trump criticism amid growing Vatican–U.S. tensions over Iran war
conflict](https://www.npr.org/series/1205445976/middle-east-crisis) ### [Pope Leo brushes off Trump criticism amid growing Vatican–U.S. tensions over Iran war
Vatican narratives regarding the war in Iran and the wider Middle East, Bishop Strickland has made a rare break from the administration. "I do not believe this conflict meets the criteria of a just war
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
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 The Trump administration has sent mixed messages on its strategy
Vatican](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/04/marco-rubio-to-meet-pope-leo-after-trumps-broadside-against-pontiff) in an effort to ease the tensions sparked by Trump’s previous broadside against the Chicago-born pontiff over his condemnation of the US-Israeli war on Iran. Speaking to Hugh
Trump’s closest allies in Europe, promoting strong transatlantic ties and acting as a bridge between Washington and other European capitals. But the conflict with Iran has placed her government under mounting pressure to balance
war is incalculable.” She urged Christians to “work and pray for peace”. She did not directly address Trump in the statement but said: “We must also urge all those entrusted with political authority to pursue
conflict ends, though she added that Iran is unlikely to hand over its enriched uranium directly to the US. Mortazavi told Al Jazeera that Iran believes negotiations with the Trump administration require “time and patience
Trump is making up his talking points about the conflict as he goes, she adds. They believe that he wants to withdraw as soon as possible because the war in Iran is [politically damaging
Iran is not a 'just war'](https://www.npr.org/2026/06/06/g-s1-126768/pope-leo-says-war-with-iran-is-not-a-just-war) It was a reference to the Catholic Church's own role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade and colonial conquest, and recalled Leo's recent apology
Iran having a nuclear weapon. But Brian Burch, the US ambassador to the Holy See, told reporters this week that despite the recent tensions there was no "deep rift" between the US and the Vatican
Vatican on May 25, 2026. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/afp_6a143b2168aa-1779710753.jpg?w=770&resize=770%2C513&quality=80) Co-founder of US artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic, Christopher Olah, attends the presentation of Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical letter
conflict in Cameroon, speaking from a city at the heart of the struggle in the central African country, his broader message was undeniably global. "The world is being ravaged by a handful of tyrants
war. I’m shocked,” Trump said. “Do people like the fact that your president isn’t doing anything to get the oil [in Iran]? Does she like it? I can’t imagine.”  on Tuesday: “I count on no one. I count only on our Lord Jesus Christ.” He added that Trump attacking Leo “in this
conflict.” **Trump also spoke about his much-criticised social media post in which an image showed him wearing a biblical-style robe and laying hands on a bedridden man as light emanates from his fingers