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Will Leo bite? Vatican reporter on travelling with the Pope during Trump attack

ANALYSIS: During Leo’s Africa tour, being inside the Vatican ‘bubble’ has been an almost surreal experience, Nicole Winfield writes

The Independent UK

‘If you wade into political waters’: Mike Johnson can’t control his own chamber but wants the Pope to know he’s dangerous

He sided with the President.

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‘They don’t know what they’re talking about’: Trump’s border czar dares Pope Leo to walk a mile in his bloodstained boots

Tom Homan just issued a blunt challenge to Pope Leo. The border czar, who spent 40 years on the front lines, told reporters outside the White House that if the pope spent a single shift in his boots, he would stop calling illegal immigration a victimless crime.

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Donald Trump Says Pope Leo XIV 'Should Be Thankful,' Claims He Put Him in the Vatican After Posting Wild AI Jesus Image

Donald Trump has intensified his feud with Pope Leo XIV by sharing new AI images of himself with Jesus and claiming the pontiff 'should be thankful' to him for becoming pope, even as Leo issues sombre appeals for peace in Ukraine, Lebanon and Sudan.

International Business Times UK

Trump Border Czar Tom Homan Warns The Pope: Fix The Catholic Church And Stay Out Of Politics

Tensions rise between the US and Vatican as border czar Tom Homan criticizes Pope Leo XIV's stance on immigration, highlighting a clash between national security and humanitarian views.

International Business Times UK

Trump-loyalist Vance sees no problem in telling the Pope to ‘stick to matters of morality’ while he continues to promote his own book on Catholicism

Vice President J.D. Vance just drew a hard line between the Vatican and the White House, telling Pope Leo XIV to “stick to matters of morality” and leave American public policy to the president. The clash comes after the first American pope publicly criticized the administration’s stance on Iran and…

The Mary Sue

JD Vance warns the Pope not to cross the line on war and then crosses every line by lecturing on faith

JD Vance wants Pope Leo XIV to follow his example.

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Theological squabble distracts from Tax Day messaging

On a day when they had hoped to focus messaging on last year’s tax cut law, congressional Republicans spent Tax Day focusing on theology. A dayslong spat between the Trump administration and the Vatican left lawmakers urging the White House to stay in its lane on matters of liturgy and…

Roll Call

Pope Leo shares message of unity amid spat with Trump: ‘We can live in peace’

Leo doubles down on his message of peace as Trump and JD Vance continue to squabble with and insult the Vatican

The Guardian - US

Border czar says he wishes Pope would stay out of immigration despite Catholicism’s long history of missions

Tom Homan, a self-described ‘lifelong Catholic,’ becomes latest member of administration to feud with Vatican, accusing the church of having no understanding of the realities of border security

The Independent UK

Pope Leo's Response to Trump Intensifies After Viral Jesus-Like Photo, Stresses Moral Foundations of Democracy

Pope Leo warns of democracy's fragility amid Trump criticism and viral AI image debate, highlighting risks of majoritarian tyranny and elite dominance.

International Business Times UK

Fighters call truce as Pope Leo arrives in war-torn nation

The conflict has killed more than 6,000 people and displaced over 600,000 others

The Independent UK

'America is back': Trump targets Pope Leo again, draws line on Iran nuclear issue

President Trump reignited his public dispute with Pope Leo XIV, criticizing the Vatican's stance on Iran's nuclear program. This unusual clash, amplified by an AI-generated image of Trump in a Christ-like form, has caused discomfort among some Republican leaders and Christian conservatives, sparking widespread satire.

The Times of India

President vs Pope: Trump’s divine detour rattles the faithful

TOI Correspondent from Washington: MAGA supremo Donald Trump’s theological skirmish with Pope Leo — spiritual head of more than a billion Catholics — has triggered a backlash from his own conservative base, with Republican leaders, Christian activists and late-night comedians converging, for once, on the same punchline.

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The Guardian - UK

‘A pope who uses his brain’: Vatican locals and visitors take sides in Leo v Trump spat

While some US visitors back their president, shopkeepers who serve the papacy and tourists support the pontiff

The Independent UK

Trump’s Vatican clash and AI Jesus ‘blasphemy’ is fueling a GOP holy war: ‘He should not be treating the Pope as a rival’

ANALYSIS: Trump’s latest attack on the Holy Father and depicting himself as Christ has plenty of Republicans squirming in their seats, Eric Garcia writes

The Independent UK

MAGA pundit insists Obama aide and the Pope are conspiring to hurt Trump

Hal Lambert claimed that ‘this is all about trying to hurt President Trump’s Catholic vote during the midterms’

The Times of India

Why 'Jesus' Trump pulled a TACO against Pope Leo XIV

If anything, this moment feels like a rare theological pullback, a reminder that the Church, for all its history of intrigue and compromise, still retains its oldest function: to define the boundaries of right and wrong when politics refuses to.

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‘I’m not afraid’: Pope Leo XIV stares down the Trump administration’s threats, isn’t scared in the slightest

“God does not bless any conflict.”

The Guardian - US

JD Vance defends Trump amid spat with Pope Leo: ‘Stick to matters of morality’

Catholic vice-president effectively tells Leo to stay in his lane after pope criticized the White House over the Iran war

International Business Times UK

Pope Leo XIV Humiliated: Fox News Host Questions If Pontiff Has 'Read The Bible' Amid Brutal Donald Trump Feud

A bitter feud has erupted between the Vatican and US conservatives after Sean Hannity and Donald Trump launched a coordinated attack on Pope Leo XIV. Hannity questioned the Pontiff's scriptural knowledge on Fox News, while Trump labelled the leader of 1.4 billion Catholics 'weak on crime' on Truth Social.

Euronews

Trump refuses to apologise after clash with Pope Leo XIV over Iran war

Despite widespread criticism including Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni's rare rebuke after the US president lambasted the US-born pontiff for being "weak on crime," Trump said no to an apology to the Catholic Church's Holy Father while reiterating his claims.

The Independent UK

Catholic JD Vance weighs in on Trump’s ‘Jesus doctor’ photo and his feud with Pope Leo

Vice President JD Vance said that, in some cases, it ‘would be best for the Vatican to stick to matters of morality’

International Business Times UK

'I Have No Fear of the Trump Administration' – Pope Leo XIV Responds Firmly to Trump's Attack on the Gospel & Peace

Pope Leo XIV, the first US-born pope, said he has no fear of Trump's criticism and reiterated that his peace efforts are rooted in the Gospel, emphasizing the church's role in promoting peace.

The Times of India

‘Stick to matters of morality’: JD Vance tells Vatican to stay out of US politics amid Trump–Pope row

US Vice President JD Vance asked the Vatican on Monday to "stick to matters of morality" amid an escalating public clash between President Donald Trump and Pope Leo XIV over the Iran war.

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