Pope Leo says ‘not in my interest at all’ to debate Trump after president’s Truth Social meltdown at pontiff over Iran remarks
‘And yet as it happens, it was looked at as if I was trying to debate again the president, which is not in my interest at all,’ Leo said Saturday
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Pope Leo responded directly on Monday to a presidential attack. But since then, he said, some of his statements during his Africa trip have been misconstrued.
Read MorePope Leo arrives in Angola, the third stop on his visit to Africa
Leo’s plane touched down at Luanda’s international airport after the flight from Yaounde, Cameroon, where he celebrated a morning Mass before an estimated 200,000 people.
Read MorePope Leo says ‘not my interest at all’ to debate Trump
The pope spoke aboard the papal plane on his way to Angola.
Read MoreTrump’s antipathy for Pope may have roots in childhood Protestant church
Manhattan church led by Norman Vincent Peale was known for opposing presidency of JFK – and Catholics in generalDonald Trump’s attacks this week on Pope Leo, for his criticism of the US attack on Iran and the US president’s decision to post an image of himself as Jesus Christ on social media, make a good…
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Read MorePope Leo heads to Angola in landmark Africa visit amid Trump clash
Leo is the third pontiff to visit the fossil fuel-rich country after John Paul II in 1992 and Benedict XVI in 2009.
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After his election last year, Leo XIV developed a reputation as a mild-mannered mediator. President Trump’s attacks have made him more combative.
Read MorePope Leo’s Africa trip marked by open clash with Trump
Pope Leo was in Angola on Friday for the third leg of his tour of Africa after he held a mass in Cameroon in front of roughly 120,000 people. CBS News’ Chris Livesay reports and Michelle Boorstein, a religion reporter at the Washington Post, has more.
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