On the Tuesday, April 21, 2026, episode of The Excerpt podcast: President Donald Trump has been clashing with Pope Leo XIV for weeks now in a rare and increasingly public dispute between a U.S.

Pope Leo XIV on Saturday said any debate with President Trump amid their recent back-and-forth is “not in my interest at all.” The pope was aboard his plane headed to Angola when he referred to ...

Who ever could have guessed that the election of the first American Pope would cause political problems at home? From the moment that Robert Francis Prevost became Pope Leo XIV last year, a clash ...

U.S.-born Pope Leo XIV pushed back Monday on President Donald Trump’s broadside against him over the U.S.-Israel war in Iran, telling reporters that the Vatican’s appeals for peace and reconciliation ...

President Donald Trump said he is not "fighting" with Pope Leo XIV in a press availability with reporters on Thursday. Trump said he is allowed to disagree with the Pope and that the Pope has every ...

Pope Leo XIV on Monday strongly pushed back against criticism from US President Donald Trump, defending his position of seeking peace and rejecting violence amid the Iran war. “I have no fear of the ...

President Donald Trump issued a flurry of statements Sunday against Pope Leo XIV, saying in part that the U.S.-born pope supports Iran having a nuclear weapon. Trump on Truth Social characterized Leo ...

Trump Attacks Pope: President Trump assailed Pope Leo XIV in a lengthy social media post as too liberal and “weak on crime” and posted an image that depicted himself as Jesus, drawing swift criticism ...