The Pope’s comment comes as he has traded barbs with President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance, the latter of whom recently said the Pope should be “careful” on “matters of theology.”

The president’s attack follows Pope Leo XIV’s sharp public rebukes of Trump’s decision to go to war with Iran and his threats to destroy the country.

Pope Leo has hit back at Donald Trump over the Iran war as he pledged to continue speaking out against the conflict. The US president launched a direct attack on Pope Leo on…