Pope Leo warns ‘tyrants are ravaging the world’ in war of words with Trump
Pope Leo XIV had tried to distance himself from his fued with the US President (Picture: Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP via Getty Images)
Pope Leo ramped up his war of words with President Trump, blasting leaders who spend billions on wars.
The Catholic leader said the world was ‘being ravaged by a handful of tyrants’ during a visit to Cameroon on Thursday.
Leo, the first U.S. pope, criticised politicians who use religious language to justify wars.
The pope is in the midst of a furious spat with Trump, who said Leo should ‘stop catering to the Radical Left’.
The post was prompted by the Pope labelled the US and Israeli war on Iran ‘unjust’.
Trump also uploaded a bizarre AI-generated image depicting himself as Jesus and also wrote on Truth Social: ‘Pope Leo is WEAK on Crime, and terrible on foreign policy. I don’t want a pope who thinks it’s OK for Iran to have a nuclear weapon.’
The image features Trump with apparent healing powers (Picture: Truth Social)
Pope Leo rebutted the claims and told Reuters he plans to continue to speak out against the war, telling reporters: ‘I don’t want to get into a debate with him.’
Fox News commentator Riley Gaines wrote: ‘Is he looking for a response? Does he actually think this? Either way, two things are true. 1) A little humility would serve him well. 2) God shall not be mocked.’
‘And had to do with red cross as a red cross worker, which we support, and only the fake news could come up with that one. I just heard about it,’ he rambled.
The Pope’s remarks today took place during a meeting in Cameroon’s English-speaking regions, where a conflict going back nearly a decade has left thousands dead.
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