What to know about Cameroon’s separatist violence that the pope seeks to end - AP News

What to know about Cameroon’s separatist violence that the pope seeks to end  AP News

Pope criticises 'tyrants' who spend billions on wars, days after Trump spat

The comments follow a high-profile spat with US President Donald Trump, who called the Pope weak on crime.

Pope Leo, Amid Standoff With Trump, Says ‘Blessed Are the Peacemakers’

For days, Pope Leo XIV has attracted criticism from President Trump and his allies for refusing to back the war in Iran. On Thursday, he reiterated his calls for peace.

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GOP strategist on how Trump's supporters are reacting to his criticism of the pope

How are President Trump's most ardent supporters reacting to the image likening himself to Jesus and his criticism of the pope? NPR's A Martinez asks GOP strategist Sarah Longwell.

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Pope Leo decries world ruled by ‘tyrants’ after Trump attacks

Pope, in Cameroon, calls for 'decisive change of course' that leads away from conflict and the exploitation of the land.

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Trump leans in on a major 2026 issue: possibly replacing Justices Alito and Thomas - CNN

Trump leans in on a major 2026 issue: possibly replacing Justices Alito and Thomas  CNN

Trump issues multiple permits for pipelines transporting oil between Canada and U.S.

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In Cameroon, Pope Leo assails ‘tyrants ravaging’ world amid Trump row

Pope Leo blasted leaders who spend billions on wars and said the world was “being ravaged by a handful of tyrants”, in unusually forceful remarks in Cameroon on Thursday after US President Donald Trump attacked him again on social media. Leo, the first US pope, also decried leaders who used religious language to justify wars and urged a “decisive change of course” in a meeting in the biggest city ‌in Cameroon’s anglophone regions, where a simmering conflict going back nearly a decade has left...

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Pope Leo blasts the 'tyrants' ravaging Earth with war and exploitation on Cameroon visit

Pope Leo XIV condemned "a handful of tyrants" that were ravaging the world with war on Thursday, calling instead for the billions spent every year on weapons to go instead towards healthcare and education. The pontiff's strident comments came during a visit to Cameroon's separatist west, where thousands of people have been killed in a years-long conflict.

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Pope Leo says world ‘being ravaged by handful of tyrants’ after Trump attacks

Pontiff decried leaders who spend ‘billions on wars’ amid deepening row with US president

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Catholic groups rebel against Trump over messianic imagery and attacks on the pope

The US president faces criticism after a verbal exchange with Leo XIV and AI-generated posts depicting the Republican with Jesus Christ and healing the sick

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The right-wing Italian leader’s quest to hold the U.S.-Europe alliance together is crumbling.

Pope decries a world ‘ravaged by tyrants’

Pope Leo blasted leaders who spend billions on wars and said the world was “being ravaged by a handful of tyrants”, in unusually forceful remarks in Cameroon on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump attacked him again on social media. Leo, the first U.S. pope, also decried leaders who used religious language to justify wars […]

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Pope Leo brings message of unity to Cameroon’s divided Anglophone regions

Pope Leo XIV is travelling to the western Cameroon city of Bamenda to preach a message of peace in the epicenter of a separatist conflict that humanitarian groups have called one of the world’s most neglected crises.

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TIME names Netanyahu among 2026 Most Influential, calls his post-Oct. 7 comeback bigger than Trump

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The Iranian Embassy in Tajikistan altered Trump’s now deleted AI post depicting himself as Jesus, and added Jesus Christ attacking the president and throwing him into hell.

Pope Leo, in Cameroon, decries world ‘ravaged by tyrants’

'They turn a blind eye to the fact that billions of dollars are spent on killing and devastation, yet the resources needed for healing, education, and restoration are nowhere to be found,' says the Pope

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Iran War: Trump Expects Hugs From China, Israel Still Bombing Lebanon

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Former ‘Halo’ composer gets Donald Trump support in US Congress race

Marty O’Donnell has claimed politics will be "a walk in the park compared to making ‘Halo 2’” The post Former ‘Halo’ composer gets Donald Trump support in US Congress race appeared first on NME.

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African Catholics recoil at Trump's spat with Pope Leo

The first US-born pope has been an outspoken critic of the war that began with US-Israeli...

Brazil’s Lula says Trump has ‘no right’ to threaten countries

"It is essential that powerful leaders take greater responsibility in maintaining peace," the 80-year-old leftist president added. The post Brazil’s Lula says Trump has ‘no right’ to threaten countries appeared first on Vanguard News.

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