Pope Leo XIV said he has no interest in debating President Donald Trump as he flew to Angola for the third leg of his 11-day trip to Africa.

The remarks came as President Donald Trump has feuded with the Catholic leader over the war in Iran.

"The masters of war pretend not to know that it takes only a moment to destroy, yet often a lifetime is not enough to rebuild," the pontiff said.

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"Leo seems convinced that the world needs to hear explicit condemnation of injustice and aggression," says a retired Vatican correspondent who covered three papacies.

Der US-Präsident und der Papst liefern sich ein heftiges Wortgefecht, was weltweit Schlagzeilen macht. Nun zeigt sich Leo konziliant. Und Trump?

The pope addressed the spiraling back-and-forth saga of Trump’s critiques of his peace message, which have dominated news headlines this week.

El papa León XIV asegura que los discursos que ha pronunciado durante su viaje por África no eran respuestas a Donald Trump.

Der Papst will sich nicht weiter verbal mit Donald Trump duellieren. Leo XIV. erklärte, in den vergangenen Wochen seien Äußerungen nicht in allen Aspekten korrekt wiedergegeben…

Il Papa approda a Luanda per la terza tappa del suo viaggio africano dopo Algeria e Camerun. Focus sulle disuguaglianze e maledizione risorse

Il Pontefice, sul volo verso l'Angola, salutando i media al seguito, ha spiegato che i suoi discorsi sono stati preparati in precedenza

Pope Leo XIV said he has no interest in debating President Donald Trump as he flew to Angola for the third leg of his 11-day trip to Africa.

The clash between President Trump and Pope Leo XIV, two influential Americans navigating moral and political divides.

Pope Leo XIV has pushed back against media coverage of his reported feud with US President Donald Trump, saying much of the reporting on his Africa tour "has not been accurate in…

Der US-Präsident und der Papst aus den Vereinigten Staaten liefern sich ein heftiges Wortgefecht, was weltweit Schlagzeilen macht. Nun zeigt sich Leo überraschend konziliant. Was…

papa trump scontro guerra iran religione

Hunderttausende Gläubige empfangen den Papst in Kamerun und Angola. Er spricht sich gegen Korruption und Ausbeutung aus – und relativiert seine Kritik an Trump.

The US pope, who has drawn the ire of President Donald Trump, has repeatedly criticised world leaders, without naming individuals.