Most recently, the president angrily ranted on Truth Social, calling Pope Leo XIV "weak on crime" and "terrible for foreign policy." He ended the post by telling the Pope to focus on "being a Great Pope and not a politician." @realDonaldTrump / Via ...

Pope Leo warned that the world is being ravaged by “tyrants,” in forceful comments made after US President Donald Trump attacked the pontiff for his stance on the war with Iran.

Pope Leo denounced people who "manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic or political gain" during a Cameroon speech.

Pope Leo XIV called Sunday for Angolans to fight the “scourge of corruption” with a culture of justice as he opened a poignant day in his African odyss

Pope Leo has appealed for an end to the war in Ukraine during his tour of Africa. At the end of a Mass on Sunday (April 19) attended by around 100,000 people outside Angola's capital, the first U.S.-born pope praised the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon before calling "for the weapons to fall silent and for the path of dialogue to be followed" in Ukraine.

If you think the clash between Pope Leo XIV and President Donald Trump is just a war of words that will pass when the news cycle moves on, you are most likely mistaken.

In Luanda, Catholics expressed love and admiration for Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope, but not so much for President Trump because of the war in Iran.

By Yesim Dikmen KILAMBA, Angola, April 19 (Reuters) - Large crowds gathered on Sunday in a field in Kilamba close to Angola's capital Luanda for a Mass with Pope Leo in what is expected to be one of the biggest events of his Africa tour.