Trump calls Pope Leo 'weak' and 'terrible' in extraordinary attack on Vatican
President Trump has unleashed a scathing attack on the Pope, insisting he must not "criticise the President".The tirade was shared on his social media platform, branding the Pope as "weak on crime, and terrible for Foreign Policy."The US President has ramped up his assault on the Catholic Church, referencing the 2020 Covid pandemic when he alleges priests faced arrest threats for conducting church services, reports the Mirror.Continuing his rebuke, Trump took a personal dig at Pope Leo, stating, "I like his brother Louis much better".He said: "I don't want a Pope who thinks it's OK for Iran to have a Nuclear Weapon. I don't want a Pope who thinks it's terrible that America attacked Venezuela, a Country that was sending massive amounts of Drugs into the United States and, even worse, emptying their prisons, including murderers, drug dealers, and killers, into our Country.""And I don't want a Pope who criticizes the President of the United States because I'm doing exactly what I was elected, IN A LANDSLIDE, to do..."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."The rebuke follows the Pope's remarks during a prayer service in Vatican City on Saturday. He called on world leaders to cease hostilities and made a plea for peace. Speaking at an evening peace vigil at St Peter's Basilica in Vatican City on Saturday, the first US-born pope issued a direct appeal to global leaders to resume dialogue.Presiding over the service, he declared: "Enough of the idolatry of self and money! Enough of the display of power! Enough of war! True strength is shown in serving life."Want to see more of the stories you love from Dublin Live? Making us your preferred source on Google means you’ll get more of our exclusives... To add us as a preferred source, simply click here.While the Iran-US conflict wasn't explicitly referenced, the comments came as negotiations between the two countries were underway in Pakistan.Leo also cautioned against what he termed "that delusion of omnipotence that surrounds us and is becoming increasingly unpredictable and aggressive".
