U.S. President Donald Trump has criticised Pope Leo as "terrible" in a rare direct attack on the pontiff, who responded that he had "no fear" of the White House administration and would continue to denounce the horrors of war, Reuters reported.
The president's comments came after the pope had spoken out, with growing force, against the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran and the Trump administration's immigration policies.
Pope Leo is WEAK on Crime, and terrible for Foreign Policy," Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social late on Sunday.
Trump later posted an AI-generated image depicting himself as Jesus, with the U.S. flag and the Statue of Liberty in the background.
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