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Critic of the Iran war Pope Leo also condemned the [killing of protestors in Iran](/news/2026/1/21/at-least-3117-people-killed-during-iran-protests-state-media-reports) earlier this year, after president Trump
Pope Leo brushes off Trump criticism amid growing Vatican–U.S. tensions over Iran war](https://www.npr.org
Trump has doubled down on his criticism of Pope Leo** over the war in [Iran
pope’s official residence. This month Donald Trump took aim at Leo over his criticisms of the war in Iran
Pope Leo brushes off Trump criticism amid growing Vatican–U.S. tensions over Iran war](https://www.npr.org
war with Iran. His calls for peace have drawn sharp criticism from the White House. Over the weekend, President Trump attacked the pope as "weak on crime and soft on foreign policy," suggesting that Leo
Iran [Americast](/sounds/brand/p07h19zz) Available for over a year President Trump has become entangled in a very public row with Pope Leo XIV, who has been critical of the US war
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
Trump’s criticism of Pope Leo XIV, following the pontiff’s repeated calls for an end to the war in the Middle East. “She’s unacceptable because she doesn’t mind that Iran
criticism is coming from - loyal, conservative Catholic allies. They are unhappy, not just because of Trump's public friction with Pope Leo, but at a much deeper level over the Iran war
pope’s criticisms of the war on Iran, calling Leo “weak on crime” and “terrible on foreign policy” and saying he had only been elected pontiff because Trump
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
criticism of 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 in Sicily to US military planes carrying weapons for the war in Iran
Trump’s side, [saying the pontiff should “stick to matters of morality”](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/14/jd-vance-defends-trump-pope-leo-spat) after Pope Leo criticized the White House over the Iran war
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
pope has also delivered remarks seen as critical of the US-Israeli war in Iran and US policy, including [calling US President Donald Trump’s threat](/news/2026/4/13/terrible-for-foreign-policy-trump-attacks-pope-leo-after-peace-appeal) to end Iran’s civilisation “unacceptable”. The pontiff
Pope Leo leads Sunday’s Regina Caeli prayer from the window of his office overlooking Saint Peter’s Square in Vatican City. Photograph: Giuseppe Lami/EPA Leo said after Trump’s criticism that
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 in response to pontifical
critic of the US and Israeli military operation in Iran. The Pope had voiced his concern about Trump's threat that "a whole civilisation will die" if Iran did not agree to US demands
criticism of the US-Israel war on Iran has brought him into conflict with the Trump administration. The pope has called Trump’s threats to destroy Iranian civilisation “truly unacceptable”, and US Vice President