After more Trump criticisms of pontiff, Italy’s foreign minister says attacks on Pope Leo ‘not acceptable’

Italy’s foreign minister on Tuesday pushed back against US President Donald Trump’s latest criticisms of Pope Leo XIV, saying attacks on the pontiff are “neither acceptable nor helpful to the cause of peace,” Anadolu reports. “The attacks against the Holy Father @Pontifex_it, head and spiritual guide of the Catholic Church, are neither acceptable nor helpful to the cause of peace,” Tajani wrote on US social media company X, expressing solidarity with the holy father. He added that the pope’s words and actions promote “dialogue, the value of human life, and freedom,” values that Italy’s government also seeks to advance through diplomacy. Tajani’s remarks came after Trump accused the pope of “endangering a lot of Catholics,” claiming that the pontiff “thinks it’s […]