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Trump refuses to apologise to 'very weak' Pope Leo
AFP, Washington
Published: 13 Apr 2026, 11:33 PM
This combination of file pictures created on 13 April 2026 shows Pope Leo XIV speaking during the doxology at the Patriarchal Church of Saint George, in Istanbul on 29 November 2025 (L), and US President Donald Trump speaking during a meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on 3 March 2026 (R). Photo: AFP
US President Donald Trump refused to apologise Monday for criticising Pope Leo XIV, after the pontiff called for an end to violence in the Iran war.
"There's nothing to apologise for. He's wrong," Trump told reporters, a day after a social media post and comments slamming the US-born pope.
"Pope Leo said things that are wrong. He was very much against what I'm doing with regard to Iran, and you cannot have a nuclear Iran," said Trump, adding that Leo was "very weak on crime and other things."
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