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Pope Leo, in Cameroon, Decries 'Handful of Tyrants' Ravaging the World
He said the world is being ravaged by a handful of tyrants and criticized politicians who use religion to justify war.
- On Thursday, April 16, 2026, Pope Leo XIV visited Cameroon and sharply criticized global leaders for spending billions on wars, describing the world as "being ravaged by a handful of tyrants."
- President Donald Trump intensified his criticism of the pope on social media, calling him "weak on crime, and terrible for foreign policy" following Leo's vocal opposition to US-Israeli military strikes against Iran.
- During a Thursday press gaggle, Trump defended his position, stating he cannot accept a nuclear-armed Iran while adding he considers the pope a "great guy." He noted knowing the pope's brother as a MAGA supporter.
- The Archbishop of Canterbury, Sarah Mullally, expressed solidarity with the pontiff on Thursday, praising Leo's "courageous call for a kingdom of peace" as spiritual leader of 85 million Anglicans worldwide.
- Amid his four-country tour, the leader of the Church condemned those who "manipulate religion" for military gain, warning that "billions of dollars are spent on killing and devastation" while resources for healing remain scarce.
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'Handful of tyrants' ravaging world: Pope
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, days after United States President Donald Trump attacked him 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, whe…
(LPL/EFE) – Leo XIV denounced those who use religions and God for their military, economic, and political interests, stating that “the world is being destroyed by a few tyrants,” at a peace meeting in Bamenda (northwest Cameroon), a region embroiled in civil war for a decade. “Woe to those who bend religions and the very name of God to their own military, economic, and political interests, dragging what is holy into the most sordid and dark real…
'It's a nasty world!' Scrambling Trump tries to give Pope Leo a geopolitical lesson
President Donald Trump sought to lecture Pope Leo XIV about geopolitics after the pontiff criticized the U.S. war with Iran.During a press gaggle on Thursday, Trump was asked about why he lashed out at the pope on Truth Social."I have to do what's right. The pope has to understand that. Very simple....
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HandelsblattOn his trip to Africa Leo XIV makes a detour to the northwest of Cameroon, where thousands have been killed since 2017. In principle, he will - without naming names.
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