EDITORIAL. During his trip to Africa, the pontiff showed that he did not want to become trapped in a superficial and futile feud with Donald Trump. He used his voice to reaffirm the convictions of the Catholic Church and the strength of a spiritual power over the temporal.

"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?