{"id":2867,"date":"2026-04-13T19:57:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T19:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetwistzone.com\/?p=2867"},"modified":"2026-04-13T19:57:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T19:57:31","slug":"trumps-scathing-response-to-pope-leo-after-pontiffs-criticism-over-iran-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetwistzone.com\/?p=2867","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s scathing response to Pope Leo after pontiff\u2019s criticism over Iran war"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Trump\u2019s post was more than a policy disagreement; it was a personal break. By mocking Pope Leo XIV as \u201cWEAK on Crime\u201d and praising his MAGA-supporting brother instead, Trump signaled that even the head of the Catholic Church is now measured against his political loyalty test. He blasted Leo\u2019s opposition to US military action and immigration policies, framing his own record as divinely justified and electorally ordained \u201cIN A LANDSLIDE.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1861172\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In Rome, Leo\u2019s Palm Sunday homily answered without naming him. Condemning the \u201cidolatry of self\u201d and leaders whose \u201chands [are] full of blood,\u201d the Pope rejected any war waged in God\u2019s name, including the US-Israel campaign against Iran. His refusal to visit America during Trump\u2019s presidency, despite being Chicago-born, now reads as a deliberate moral distance. What began as a strained rapport has hardened into open, global confrontation between political power and spiritual autho<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump\u2019s post was more than a policy disagreement; it was a personal break. 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