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Pope León XIV Sidesteps Trump Fight, Stresses Peace on Africa Tour

His stance reorients the week’s dispute toward his wider push for peace.

Overview

  • Speaking to reporters Saturday aboard the papal plane, León XIV said he is not interested in debating President Trump and will keep preaching peace.
  • Friday’s Vatican editorial by media chief Andrea Tornielli reaffirmed that using or possessing nuclear weapons is immoral and corrected the false claim about Iran.
  • Fox News reported the administration rescinded an $11 million contract with Catholic Charities of Miami, which Archbishop Thomas Wenski warned would cut services for migrant children.
  • In Angola on Sunday, León XIV urged that the Lebanon truce become a permanent ceasefire across the Middle East during his Africa tour.
  • He said his recent address condemning a “handful of tyrants” was written weeks earlier and was not directed at the president.