The Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV, has reaffirmed the Church’s position on the ongoing war in the Middle East in response to statements made on social media by U.S. President Donald Trump.
This statement comes in response to an overnight outburst from President Trump, in which the Vicar of Christ urged the American leader to sue for peace.
In reference to a personal attack from President Trump, while on his way to Africa for his first apostolic pilgrimage, the Pontiff said, “I do believe in the message of the Gospel, as a peacemaker.”
He underscored that the Church’s role is to spread the Gospel rather than navigate foreign policy about Trumpism.
“We are not politicians. We don’t deal with foreign policy [from] the same perspective he might understand it,” he said.
“I have no fear of the Trump administration or speaking out loudly of the message of the Gospel, which is what I believe I am here to do, what the Church is here to do,” the Pope told journalists while on a papal plane to Algeria.
Suggesting that President Trump does not fully understand the Gospel, the Bishop of Rome stated that he does not intend to attack anyone but is instead promoting the Gospel values of peace.
