Pope Leo: ‘I have no fear’ of Trump

Pope Leo XIV says he doesn't fear the Trump administration and will continue to speak out for peace and against the war in Iran, after being attacked by President Donald Trump for being "terrible for foreign policy."

"Too many people are suffering in the world today," Pope Leo said on board the papal plane on Monday. "Too many innocent people are being killed, and I think someone has to stand up and say there's a better way to do this."'

"I am called to do what the church is called to do," Leo later added. "We're not politicians, we're not looking to make foreign policy, he calls it, with the same perspective that he might understand it. But I do believe that the mention of the Gospel, 'Blessed are the peacemakers,' is a message that the world needs to hear today."

Trump wrote in a social media post on Sunday that "Leo should get his act together as Pope, use Common Sense, stop catering to the Radical Left, and focus on being a Great Pope, not a Politician."

Leo, who has urged an end to the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, is embarking on an 11-day trip to Africa.

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