{"id":49296,"date":"2026-04-13T07:18:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T07:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=49296"},"modified":"2026-04-13T07:18:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T07:18:07","slug":"trump-slams-very-liberal-pope-leo-following-american-pontiffs-comments-on-iran-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=49296","title":{"rendered":"Trump slams &#8216;very liberal&#8217; Pope Leo following American pontiff&#8217;s comments on Iran war"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"ttsIcon-cIBsl\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 2 minutes<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"toggletip-tKLKF ttsToggleTip-DSCNQ\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"toggletipInfoButton-yoX4E\" aria-label=\"More information\" aria-controls=\":R89qn5:\" aria-describedby=\":R89qn5:\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" focusable=\"false\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M11 7H13V9H11V7ZM11 11H13V17H11V11ZM12 2C6.48 2 2 6.48 2 12C2 17.52 6.48 22 12 22C17.52 22 22 17.52 22 12C22 6.48 17.52 2 12 2ZM12 20C7.59 20 4 16.41 4 12C4 7.59 7.59 4 12 4C16.41 4 20 7.59 20 12C20 16.41 16.41 20 12 20Z\" fill=\"black\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. 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We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>U.S. President Donald Trump attacked Pope Leo XIV on social media Sunday, saying the first American pope should &#8220;stop catering to the Radical Left.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It was an extraordinary broadside against the global leader of the Catholic Church, exacerbating a feud that began over the Iran war.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Pope Leo is WEAK on Crime, and terrible for Foreign Policy,&#8221; the president wrote on social media.<\/p>\n<p>He also wrote: &#8220;I don&#8217;t want a Pope who thinks it&#8217;s OK for Iran to have a Nuclear Weapon.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>A short time later, in a scrum with reporters after Air Force One landed outside Washington after returning from Florida, Trump repeated his comments, saying, &#8220;We don&#8217;t like a pope who says it&#8217;s OK to have a nuclear weapon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div><em><strong>WATCH | Leo calls for peace in his first Easter Mass as Pope:<\/strong><\/em><span><span class=\"mediaEmbed\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"player-placeholder-ui-container  \" data-cy=\"player-placeholder-ui-container\">\n<div class=\"player-placeholder-video-ui\" title=\"Pope Leo calls for peace in 1st Easter Mass\" style=\"--aspect-ratio:1.7778;--max-height:800px\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<div class=\"player-placeholder-ui\">\n<div class=\"video-item video-card-overlay\" title=\"Pope Leo calls for peace in 1st Easter Mass\">\n<div class=\"thumbnail-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/ais\/f7e5fc8d-d949-4743-998e-7c288a123102,1775419862090\/full\/max\/0\/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C860%2C8256%2C4644%29%3BResize%3D620\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"\" class=\"thumbnail\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"video-card-overlay-container\">\n<div class=\"video-info-container\">\n<p class=\"video-item-title\">Pope Leo calls for peace in 1st Easter Mass<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"media-caption\">Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S.-born pope, celebrated his inaugural Easter Mass as pontiff on Sunday with a call to lay down arms and seek peace to global conflicts through dialogue.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s a very liberal person,&#8221; Trump said of Leo, before adding, &#8220;I&#8217;m not a fan of Pope Leo.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s comments followed Leo having denounced over the weekend the &#8220;delusion of omnipotence&#8221; that is fuelling the U.S.-Israel war on Iran, and demanding that political leaders stop and negotiate peace.<\/p>\n<p>Leo presided over an evening prayer service in St. Peter&#8217;s Basilica on the same day the U.S. and Iran began face-to-face negotiations in Pakistan during a fragile ceasefire.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S.-born Pope didn&#8217;t mention the United States or Trump by name in his prayer. 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