Mike Pence says Trump should back off the Pope and shreds president’s ‘offensive’ Jesus pictures

NewsWorldAmericasUS politicsMike Pence says Trump should back off the Pope and shreds president’s ‘offensive’ Jesus picturesPresident has gone on several social media rampages against Pope Leo XIV, after the pontiff spoke out against the war in Iran Isabel Keane in New York Thursday 23 April 2026 21:42 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2963896","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/mike-pence-trump-pope-jesus-pictures-b2963896.html","title":"Mike Pence says Trump should back off the Pope, ‘offensive’ Jesus pics"}}ClosePope Leo says ‘not in my interest at all’ to debate TrumpSign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailGet our free Inside Washington emailEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_INSIDE_WASHINGTON","regTitle":"Inside Washington","subscriptionGroup":"inside_washington","subscriptionGroupId":"af764e04-87eb-45e6-a84b-a7455ba70a1e","type":"inside_washington","pathPrefix":"/news/world/americas/us-politics","associatedAuthors":["Eric Garcia","John Bowden"],"title":"Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox","mobileTitle":"Get our free Inside Washington email","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/insideWashington1_1.png","label":"I would like to receive morning headlines Monday - Friday plus breaking news alerts by email","newsletterKey":"receiveInsideWashingtonNews","regSourceSection":"US politics","regSourceMethod":"NSCs"},"isClim...