Pope Leo rejects claim he supports nuclear weapons after Trump tirade Pontiff responds after US president accuses him of ‘endangering a lot of Catholics’ with stance on Iran war Middle East crisis – live updates People in the US: what do you think of Chicago-born Pope Leo? Pope Leo has said he has never supported nuclear weapons and that those who criticise him need to speak the truth, in response to Donald Trump’s latest tirade accusing him of “endangering a lot of Catholics” with his stance on the Iran war. Speaking to journalists on Tuesday night after leaving the papal retreat in Castel Gandolfo, near Rome, the first US-born pontiff said: “The mission of the church is to preach the gospel, to preach peace.” Continue reading...
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Pontiff responds after US president accuses him of ‘endangering a lot of Catholics’ with stance on Iran war Middle East crisis – live updates People in the US: what do you think of Chicago-born Pope Leo? Pope Leo has said he has never supported nuclear weapons and that those who criticise him need to speak the truth, in response to Donald Trump’s latest tirade accusing him of “endangering a lot of Catholics” with his stance on the Iran war. Speaking to journalists on Tuesday night after leaving the papal retreat in Castel Gandolfo, near Rome, the first US-born pontiff said: “The mission of the church is to preach the gospel, to preach peace.” Continue reading...
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· click + to trackRubio to meet Pope Leo as Trump keeps up attacks on pontiff By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY, May 7 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet Pope Leo at the Vatican on Thursday, in a potentially fraught encounter as President Donald Trump has continued a series of disparaging attacks on the Catholic leader over the Iran war. Rubio, who also serves as Trump's national security adviser, was due to arrive at the Vatican's Apostolic Palace around 11:15 a.m.
Top Vatican cardinal calls Trump's attacks on Pope Leo 'strange' By Joshua McElwee ROME, May 6 (Reuters) - A senior Vatican cardinal on Wednesday called U.S. President Donald Trump's disparaging attacks on Pope Leo over the Iran war "strange," a day before the U.S. Secretary of State is due to hold talks with the pope.
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