US EditionTrump and Pope Clash over Iran War
The first American pope called Trump’s Iran war stance unacceptable as a fragile ceasefire took hold, deepening strain between Washington and the Vatican.
- Pope Leo XIV is directly challenging President Donald Trump over the Iran conflict, marking an unprecedented clash between the first American pope and the sitting U.S. president.
- During his Palm Sunday message, Leo cited an Old Testament passage from Isaiah, stating: "even though you make many prayers, I will not listen." He rejected prayers of those who wage war.
- Trump warned of mass strikes on Iranian infrastructure, writing that "an entire civilization will die tonight." Leo described this as a "threat against the entire people of Iran," calling it "truly unacceptable."
- Both the Vatican and the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See rejected reports of a contentious meeting, stating that "deliberate misrepresentation of these routine meetings sows unfounded division and misunderstanding."
- Theology professor Natalia Imperatori-Lee noted the conflict marks an "inflection point for American Christianity." Experts suggest partisan preferences often override religious commitments among parishioners and church leaders.
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Pope Leo’s challenge to Donald Trump raises stakes in US-Vatican relations
Donald Trump is accustomed to criticism from coast to coast – Democrats, disaffected Republicans, late-night comedians, massive protests. Yet in his second presidency, Trump’s most influential US critic does not live in the country – he’s in the Vatican.
The differences of opinion between the White House and the Holy See on the international policy of the United States under the Donald Trump administration have become particularly visible in recent weeks. Beyond the usual contrasts between the messages of Leo XIV, the first American pope in history, who has strongly rejected the war and has repeatedly called for dialogue, and those of the President of the United States and his surroundings, who …
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