Pope Leo XIV Faces Unprecedented Clash With Trump

The U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican skipped Pope Leo XIV's peace vigil while Trump posted—then deleted—an image of himself as Christ and called the first American pope in history weak and captive to the Radical Left. This is the first time an American president has openly gone to war with an American pope, and it's happening while the U.S. bombs Iran and Catholic voters are starting to split between their president and their church. If Catholics stick with Trump over their own pope, experts say it would be a watershed moment—choosing a Catholic-baiting president over the guy they believe speaks for God on earth.