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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

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

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 XIV

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

‘We’re Catholic first’: Sunday mass attendees weigh in on Trump’s feud with Pope Leo

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

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

‘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

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

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

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

XIV, the first US-born 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

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

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

XIV has addressed a massive crowd in Cameroon, using one of the biggest stages of his Africa tour to preach a message of justice and nonviolence. Addressing about 120,000 faithful in Douala, the Roman

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

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

XIV](https://www.theguardian.com/world/pope-leo-xiv), the first North American to head the Catholic church and the first cleric from the Augustinian order, who this week visited the modern Algerian city where Saint Augustine once lived