Pope Leo XIV has said the world is being “ravaged by a handful of tyrants” who spend billions on war, in comments that will be seen as another sharp escalation in his almost week-long feud with the White House over the US-Israel war on Iran.
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The first American-born pontiff did not mention Donald Trump by name, but used his speech in Cameroon on Thursday to denounce world leaders who invoke religion to justify violence against other nations
Pope says ‘world is being ravaged by a handful of tyrants’ amid feud with Trump’s White House ► https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/16/pope-leo-xiv-tyrants-trump-spat
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