00:02The feud between the Vatican and the White House is now out in the open with Pope Leo taking direct
00:08aim at global leaders and President Trump firing back.
00:12The Pope, speaking during a peace mass in Cameroon, delivered some of his strongest language yet on war and power.
00:19He warned against leaders who use religion to justify violence and said the world is being ravaged by tyrants.
00:37The remarks did not name Trump but land in the middle of a growing clash over the war in Iran.
00:44He went on to say, quote,
00:45The world is being ravaged by a handful of tyrants, yet it is held together by a multitude of supportive
00:51brothers and sisters.
00:53Asked about the Pope on Thursday, Trump pushed back, insisting there is no clash.
00:59I'm not fighting with him. The Pope made a statement. He says Iran can have a nuclear weapon.
01:04I say Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon.
01:06And if the Pope looked at the 42,000 people that were killed over the last two or three months
01:12as a protester with no weapons, no nothing,
01:15I mean, you take a look at that. So I could disagree with the Pope. I have a right to
01:20disagree with the Pope.
01:23You heard there the president saying the Pope supports Iran having a nuclear weapon.
01:28The Pope has never said that. In fact, he has a history of speaking out against nuclear weapons.
01:33And the tension is now hitting closer to home. The Trump administration is ending an $11 million federal contract with
01:41Catholic Charities in Miami,
01:42a program that houses and cares for unaccompanied migrant children.
01:47Church leaders say the program will shut down within months, ending a decades long partnership with the federal government.
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