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Pope Leo XIV leaves following a Divine Liturgy at Patriarchal Church of Saint George, in Istanbul on November 30, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV leaves following a Divine Liturgy at Patriarchal Church of Saint George, in Istanbul on November 30, 2025. (Photo by OZAN KOSE / AFP)

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<p>Pope Leo told Reuters on Monday (April 13) that he plans to continue speaking out against war after U.S. President Donald Trump&#39;s direct attack on the leader of the 1.4-billion-member Church.</p><p>In comments aboard the papal flight to Algiers, where the first U.S. pope is starting a 10-day tour to four African countries, the pontiff also said the Christian message was being &quot;abused&quot;.</p><p>&quot;I don&#39;t want to get into a debate with him,&quot; Leo told Reuters as he greeted journalists on the plane. &quot;I don&#39;t think that the message of the Gospel is meant to be abused in the way that some people are doing.&quot;</p><p>Leo, originally from Chicago, has emerged as an outspoken critic of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran in recent weeks and decried the &quot;madness of war&quot; in a peace appeal on Saturday (April 11).</p><p>Trump, in an apparent response to the pope&#39;s criticisms of both the conflict and the White House&#39;s hard-line immigration policies, said late on Sunday (April 12) that Leo was &quot;terrible.&quot;</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2026/4/13/trump-says-not-a-big-fan-of-pope-leo-after-his-anti-war-message-1005">READ: Trump says &#39;not a big fan&#39; of Pope Leo after his anti-war message</a></div><p>&quot;Pope Leo is WEAK on Crime, and terrible for Foreign Policy,&quot; Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.</p><div><strong>(Production: Antonio Denti, Yesim Dikmen)</strong></div>

<p>Pope Leo told Reuters on Monday that he plans to continue speaking out against war after U.S. President Donald Trump's direct attack on the leader of the 1.4-billion-member Church.</p>

Pope Leo told Reuters on Monday that he plans to continue speaking out against war after U.S. President Donald Trump's direct attack on the leader of the 1.4-billion-member Church.

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Pope says he will continue to speak out against war after Trump attack

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Published April 13, 2026 06:22 PM PHT

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