Popes have spoken out on politics before. But with Trump and Pope Leo it's different
role in how the exchange is being interpreted by the public.
The recent [back and forth started](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/06/nx-s1-5773147/pope-leo-calls-for-peace-and-an-end-to-world-conflicts-in-first-easter-mass) with Leo's calling for peace in response to the war in Iran, and continued