Donald Trump criticized Pope Leo on social media, accusing the papal leader of being weak on crime and detrimental to foreign policy. The remarks escalated tensions, particularly regarding the conflict in Iran and nuclear weapons.

US President Donald Trump attacked Pope Leo on social media on Sunday, saying the first American pope should “stop catering to the Radical Left”. It was an extraordinary broadside against the global leader of the Catholic Church, exacerbating a feud that began over the war in Iran. “Pope Leo is WEAK on Crime, and terrible for Foreign Policy,” the president wrote on social media. He also wrote that “I don’t want a Pope who thinks it’s OK for Iran to have a Nuclear Weapon”. A short time later,...