World leaders defend the Pope, after criticism from Trump

April 13, 2026 Karsyn Larsen News 0

MEXICO CITY.- This Monday, world leaders have expressed their support for Pope Leo XIVafter the American president, Donald Trump I would cross it out “weak”by criticize the war with Iran.

“He who sows winds, reaps storms,” the president of the spanish government, Pedro Sanchez. “While some sow the world with war, Leo XIV sows peace, with bravery and courage. It will be an honor to receive him in Spain in a few weeks,” he added.

The Iranian president, Masoud Pezeshkianjoined the condemnations of Trump. “His Holiness, Pope Leo XIV, I condemn the insult directed at His Excellency in the name of the great nation of Iran.”

At the same time, he declared “that the desecration of Jesus, the prophet of peace and brotherhood, is unacceptable for any free person. I wish him glory in Allah.”

Trump supporter calls him “antichrist”

He thus alluded to Trump’s publication in Truth Social, now deleted, where the president of the United States showed himself as if he were Jesus Christ.

The message remains on X’s Donald Trump Fan account.

Trump followers on Truth Social criticized this image of the president. “With all due respect, take that photo down. You are not Jesus,” one follower commented. Another even called him “antichrist” for comparing himself to Jesus Christ.

Bishops of Italy and the US support Pope Leo XIV

The Italian and American bishops also expressed their support for Pope Leo XIV.

The Italian Episcopal Conference, which “reaffirmed its full communion with the Holy Father Leo XIV,” expressed in a statement that it “regrets” the “statements directed against him in recent hours by the president of the United States, Donald Trump.”

“The Pope is not a political interlocutor, but the Successor of Peter, called to serve the Gospel, truth and peace,” the statement added.

“I am dismayed that the president has chosen to write such unpleasant statements towards the Holy Father. Pope Leo is not his rival, the Pope is not a politician either,” the president of the United States Episcopal Conference, Monsignor Paul S. Coakley, had noted a little earlier.

Also figures from national politics, such as the former Republican congresswoman and former ally of the president, Marjorie Taylor Greenehave condemned his words.

“I completely denounce this and am praying against it,” Greene posted on X.

Trump’s criticism of Pope Leo XIV

Trump, in a long message on his Truth Social network, urged the Pontiff to “focus on being a great pope, not a politician,” because, he assured, “he is harming the Catholic Church.” He also hinted that if he had not been elected president, Leo XIV would not have been appointed Pope.

Pope Leo XIV: “I will continue raising my voice to build peace”

The Holy Father, who today began a tour of four African countries, did not hesitate to respond to these criticisms to questions from journalists on board the papal plane: “I will continue to raise my voice to build peace.”

Calmly but firmly, the bishop of Rome assured that he was not afraid of the politician.

“I am not afraid of the Trump Administration or of proclaiming the message of the Gospel out loud, which is what I believe I should be here for and that is why the Church is here. We are not politicians, we do not see foreign policy from the same perspective, but as builders of peace,” he highlighted. He defended that his intention is not to debate with the Trump government.

Trump says there is nothing to apologize for

Robert Emmet Barrona prominent American Catholic bishop, who currently serves as bishop of the Diocese of Winona-Rochesterwho has supported President Donald Trump and his policies, this Monday considered that the president should apologize to Pope Leo XIV.

Donald Trump responded that he would not apologize because Pope Leo XIV “said things that are wrong.” “He was very against what I’m doing regarding Iran. And you can’t have a nuclear Iran.”

Trump assured that “Pope Leo would not be happy with the final result”; and added, “There would be hundreds of millions of people dead; and that is not going to happen.”

The American president reiterated that he believes that Pope Leo XIV “is very weak on the issue of crime and other things.”

He noted that Pope Leo XIV made public statements and that he was only responding to Pope Leo XIV.

“And you know, his brother is very MAGA, and he’s a great guy, Louis; and I said, ‘I like Louis more than the Pope,'” Trump said.

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