Pope Leo Hits Back at Trump over Claim He Is ‘Endangering Catholics’

Trump: Rubio’s message to Pope Leo XIV should be ‘Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon’

The president again claimed Pope Leo XIV "seemed to be saying" Iran should be able to obtain a nuclear weapon. The Holy Father has never said this and has spoken against nuclear weapons. [...]

Pope Leo Rejects Trump’s Nuclear Claims and Tells His Critics To Speak ‘Truthfully’

Pope Leo has dismissed the latest criticisms from President Donald Trump, saying neither he nor the Catholic church supports nuclear weapons, and that any critics should speak “truthfully”.The American-born pope was speaking after Trump said the pontiff’s stance on the Iran war was “endangering Catholics and a lot of people.”“But I guess it's up to the Pope. He thinks it's just fine for Iran to have a nuclear weapon,” the President said Monday i…

Pope Leo flattens Trump claim about him: 'There is no doubt'

Pope Leo XIV rejected an attack by President Donald Trump ahead of Secretary of State Marco Rubio's visit.The 79-year-old president accused the 70-year-old pope of "endangering" his fellow Catholics by supporting Iran's right to possess nuclear weapons, but Leo told reporters there was nothing furth...

Pope Leo hits back at Trump over claim he is ‘endangering Catholics’

The pontiff and the US president have repeatedly clashed over the war in Iran

Pope Leo fires back at Trump — without mentioning his name

Pope Leo XIV has publicly responded after President Donald Trump made baseless claims that the Chicago-born pontiff supports Iran's nuclear weapons program. The tension between Trump and Pope Leo XIV, who is the first American-born pope, escalated when the pontiff criticized the administration's Iran war, calling the escalation of violence "unacceptable" and warning against the "delusion of omnipotence." Trump responded by calling Leo "weak on c…