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‘Ravaged by tyrants’: Pope Leo criticises Trump for spending ‘billions on killing and devastation’
April 16, 2026
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Pope Leo claims the world is being ravaged by a handful of tyrants who spend billions of dollars on war. The comments were seen as another veiled attack on US President Donald Trump, who repeatedly criticised the pontiff over the past week. Addressing a crowd in Cameroon on his tour of Africa, Pope Leo denounced world leaders who invoke religion to justify violence against others.
“The world is being ravaged by a handful of tyrants,” Pope Leo said. “The Masters of war pretend not to know that it takes only a moment to destroy. “Yet often a lifetime is often not enough to rebuild. “They turn a blind eye to the fact that billions of dollars are spent on killing, on devastation.”
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