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comments came after Trump launched an extraordinary broadside against **Pope Leo XIV**, saying on Truth
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
Trump’s “unacceptable” comments about Pope Leo.](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/14/trump-accuses-ally-meloni-of-lacking-courage-for-not-joining-attacks-on-iran) She also denied the use of an airbase
Trump and Vance's comments on Pope Leo](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/19/nx-s1-5787987/catholics-in-chicago-react-to-trump-and-vances-comments-on-pope-leo) In a prerecorded [video
Trump over his comments towards Pope Leo XIV. Four-time champions Italy have failed to qualify
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
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
Trump got “over his skis a little bit” in his criticism of [Pope Leo XIV](https://www.theguardian.com/world/pope-leo-xiv), but Sullivan said he rejected the idea that the US president’s comments
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
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
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 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
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
Leo XIV, who has criticised the US for waging war on Iran. On Friday, Trump told reporters that he has "a right to disagree with the Pope." Trump's comment
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 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 was “the antichrist” after the president launched a series of verbal attacks on Pope Leo XIV, who was born in the US and is an Iran war critic. The US president also posted
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
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
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