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  "textContent": "Pope Leo XIV had tried to distance himself from his fued with the US President (Picture: Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP via Getty Images)\n\nPope Leo ramped up his war of words with President Trump, blasting leaders who spend billions on wars.\n\nThe Catholic leader said the world was ‘being ravaged by a handful of tyrants’ during a visit to Cameroon on Thursday.\n\nLeo, the first U.S. pope, criticised politicians who use religious language to justify wars.\n\nThe pope is in the midst of a furious spat with Trump, who said Leo should ‘stop catering to the Radical Left’.\n\nThe post was prompted by the Pope labelled the US and Israeli war on Iran ‘unjust’.\n\nTrump also uploaded a bizarre AI-generated image depicting himself as Jesus and also wrote on Truth Social: ‘Pope Leo is WEAK on Crime, and terrible on foreign policy. I don’t want a pope who thinks it’s OK for Iran to have a nuclear weapon.’\n\nThe image features Trump with apparent healing powers (Picture: Truth Social)\n\nPope Leo rebutted the claims and told Reuters he plans to continue to speak out against the war, telling reporters: ‘I don’t want to get into a debate with ⁠him.’\n\nThe AI-generated photo of the President as Trump has sparked fury from high-profile religious figures and MAGA fans.\n\nFox News commentator Riley Gaines wrote: ‘Is he looking for a response? Does he actually think this? Either way, two things are true. 1) A little humility would serve him well. 2) God shall not be mocked.’\n\nTrump then deleted the photo and claimed he he posted it thinking it was him ‘as a doctor’.\n\n‘And had to do with red cross as a red cross worker, which we support, and only the fake news could come up with that one. I just heard about it,’ he rambled.\n\nThe Pope’s remarks today took place during a meeting in Cameroon’s English-speaking regions, where a conflict going back nearly a decade has left thousands dead.\n\n******Get in touch with our news team by emailing us atwebnews@metro.co.uk.******\n\n**For more stories like this,** check our news page.\n\nComment now Comments \nAdd Metro as a Preferred Source on Google\nAdd as preferred source\n",
  "title": "Pope Leo warns ‘tyrants are ravaging the world’ in war of words with Trump"
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