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Pope Leo XIV mentioned Saturday that remarks he made this week by which he mentioned the “world is being ravaged by a handful of tyrants” weren’t directed at President Donald Trump, a report mentioned.
The pope, talking onboard a flight to Angola throughout his 10-day Africa tour, mentioned reporting about his feedback “has not been correct in all its features” and his speech “was ready two weeks in the past, properly earlier than the president ever commented on myself and on the message of peace that I’m selling,” according to Reuters.
The information outlet cited the pope as saying his feedback weren’t aimed toward Trump.
“Because it occurs, it was checked out as if I used to be making an attempt to debate the president, which isn’t in my curiosity in any respect,” the pope reportedly mentioned.
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Pope Leo XIV solutions journalists’ questions throughout his flight from Yaounde, Cameroon, to Luanda, Angola, on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Luca Zennaro/Pool Photograph through AP)
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Trump final Sunday accused Pope Leo XIV of being “horrible” on international coverage because the pontiff has criticized the U.S.-Israeli warfare on Iran.
“He talks about ‘worry’ of the Trump Administration, however doesn’t point out the FEAR that the Catholic Church, and all different Christian Organizations, had throughout COVID once they have been arresting clergymen, ministers, and everyone else, for holding Church Providers, even when going outdoors, and being ten and even twenty ft aside,” Trump wrote in a Reality Social put up.
“I don’t desire a Pope who thinks it’s OK for Iran to have a Nuclear Weapon,” he continued.
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A cut up picture reveals Pope Leo XIV, left, and President Donald Trump, proper, amid a public dispute over immigration coverage and the battle involving Iran. (Simone Risoluti – Vatican Media through Vatican Pool/Getty Pictures; Salwan Georges/Bloomberg through Getty Pictures)
Throughout a speech in Cameroon on Thursday, the pope mentioned, “We should make a decisive change in fact — a real conversion — that may lead us in the other way, onto a sustainable path wealthy in human fraternity.”
“The world is being ravaged by a handful of tyrants, but it’s held collectively by a mess of supportive brothers and sisters!” he added.
Pope Leo XIV speaks as he meets with the group of Bamenda at Saint Joseph’s Cathedral in Bamenda, on the fourth day of an 11-day apostolic journey to Africa, on April 16, 2026. (Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP through Getty Pictures)
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“Woe to those that manipulate faith and the very title of God for their very own army, financial or political acquire, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth,” the pope additionally mentioned.
Fox Information Digital’s Landon Mion contributed to this report.
