{"id":334547,"date":"2026-04-14T12:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T11:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/pope-leo-wont-back-down-on-trump-feud-friend-says\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T12:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T11:00:08","slug":"pope-leo-wont-back-down-on-trump-feud-friend-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/pope-leo-wont-back-down-on-trump-feud-friend-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Leo &#8216;won&#8217;t back down&#8217; on Trump feud, friend says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/R8y71RBOuXY\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Pope Leo 'won't back down' on Trump feud, friend says\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R8y71RBOuXY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Pope Leo will \u201cnot back down\u201d from an escalating feud with US President Donald Trump, according to his friend and former colleague Father John Lydon. Speaking to CNN\u2019s Kaitlin Collins, Father Lydon said Leo would not \u201cget in the political muck, but he\u2019s not going to back down on the principle values of the gospel, because that\u2019s what his responsibility is to do.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Leo will \u201cnot back down\u201d from an escalating feud with US President Donald Trump, according to his friend and former colleague Father John Lydon. 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