Pope Leo XIV responded on Monday to the unprecedented verbal attack by U.S. President Donald Trump, reaffirming his commitment to peace and with a strong message: “I am not afraid of the Trump administration”.<\/p>\n
The president lashed out on Sunday against the pontiff, also an American, with a message on his social network Truth Social<\/a> in which he calls him “weak against crime and terrible in foreign policy” and urges him to concentrate on being a good pope and not a politician.<\/p>\n “I don’t want a pope who thinks it’s OK for Iran to have a nuclear weapon. I don’t want a pope who thinks it’s terrible that the United States attacked Venezuela (…). And I don’t want a pope who criticizes the president of the United States when I’m doing exactly what I was elected to do,” Trump said.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This is the full and exact quote from Pope Leo XIV, delivered in English to reporters aboard his flight to Algeria: “I am not afraid either of the Trump administration or of speaking out loudly about the message of the Gospel. And that is what I believe I am called to do and… pic.twitter.com\/uV54nLwBmI<\/a> <\/p>\n – ACI Prensa (@aciprensa) April 13, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\nPope Leo XIV responds to Trump<\/h2>\n
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