Pope Leo Declares 'No Fear' Hours After Trump Called Him 'Weak' and 'Terrible for Foreign Policy'

Pope Leo XIV publicly declared he has 'No Fear' hours after President Trump branded him 'weak' and 'terrible for foreign policy' following the pontiff's Iran peace appeal. The pontiff's defiant response sharpened the Trump-Vatican rift, drawing widespread attention as a sitting US president clashed openly with the head of the Roman Catholic Church. The confrontation added religious and diplomatic dimensions to the ongoing US-Iran conflict, with European and Catholic-majority nations watching closely.