00:00Pope Leo said things that are wrong and you know his brother is a big MAGA person and he's a
00:05great
00:05guy Lewis and I said I like Lewis better than I like the Pope. Tensions are escalating between
00:11President Trump and the Pope. It comes amid criticism by Pope Leo the 14th about the war in
00:17Iran including describing the White House's previous threat to hit Iranian civilian infrastructure
00:22as quote truly unacceptable. President Trump took aim at the leader of the Catholic Church in a social
00:28media post on Sunday attacking Leo's critiques of U.S. foreign policy and saying he quote should get his
00:34act together as Pope. The president also accused him of being weak on crime. President Trump later
00:40doubled down telling reporters quote I'm not a big fan of Pope Leo. The Pope for his part has insisted
00:46he
00:46is not seeking to engage the president with recent comments though he told reporters Monday he will
00:51continue to speak out loudly against the war that he has quote no fear of the Trump administration.
00:56The exchange follows earlier reporting by the digital media outlet the free press that U.S. officials had
01:02pressured the Catholic Church to take Washington side in international affairs and warned of dire
01:06consequences if it failed to do so. The White House called the report quote grossly false and the U.S.
01:12ambassador to the Holy See denied any rifts. But the White House Vatican divide has the potential to
01:18strain relations between the president and tens of millions of practicing Catholics in the U.S.
01:23the group that includes Vice President J.D. Vance as we head into the midterms.
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