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Iran War timeline continues to shift. And, jury rules Live Nation acted as monopoly

Trump supporters, including Vice President Vance and House Speaker Mike Johnson, are defending the president** in his dispute with 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

Pope heads to Cameroon as separatists announce 3-day pause in fighting

disputed election last year. [](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/13/nx-s1-5780996/pope-leo-begins-tour-across-africa-row-with-trump-iran-war) ### [Middle East conflict](https://www.npr.org/series/1205445976/middle-east-crisis) ### [Pope Leo brushes off Trump

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

Pope Leo 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

Pope Leo shares message of unity amid spat with Trump: ‘We can live in peace’

XIV “to stick to matters of morality” after an earlier [post on X](https://x.com/Pontifex/status/2042588417578668338) in which Leo denounced the US-Israel war in Iran. “God does not bless any conflict. Anyone