Pope Leo appoints three bishops critical of Trump amid feud with White House officials

NewsWorldAmericasUS politicsPope Leo appoints three bishops critical of Trump amid feud with White House officialsPope Leo has criticized the Iran war and said he isn’t afraid of the Trump administrationKatie Hawkinson in Washington, D.C. Saturday 02 May 2026 00:18 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":"b2969231","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/pope-leo-new-bishops-trump-administration-b2969231.html","title":"Pope Leo appoints Trump-critic bishops amid feud with White House officials"}}CloseRelated: Pope 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"},"isClimate":false}Pope Leo...