Pope Leo hits back at Trump over claim he is ‘endangering Catholics’ by supporting Iran having a nuclear weapon

NewsWorldEuropePope Leo hits back at Trump over claim he is ‘endangering Catholics’ by supporting Iran having a nuclear weaponThe pontiff and the US president have repeatedly clashed over the war in IranJames C. Reynolds Wednesday 06 May 2026 09:51 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2971305","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/pope-leo-trump-endangering-catholics-iran-nuclear-weapons-b2971305.html","title":"Pope hits back at Trump over claim he supports Iran having a nuclear weapon"}}(Reuters)On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly international news dispatchEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_On_The_Ground_Newsletter","regTitle":"On The Ground","subscriptionGroup":"on_the_ground","subscriptionGroupId":"14806361-6435-4d19-b06e-05326605fb01","pathPrefix":["/news/world/europe","/news/world/middle-east","/news/world/australasia","/news/world/africa","/asia"],"associatedAuthors":["Bel Trew","Sam Kiley"],"title":"On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents","mobileTitle":"Get a weekly international news dispatch","lengthenedMobileTitle":"Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/onTheGround1_1.png","newsletterKey":"receiveOnTheGround","regSourceSection":"Europe","regSourceMethod":"NSCs"}}Pope Leo has hit back at Donald Trump over his baseless claim that the pontiff is “endangering Catholics” by...