Pope Leo marks first year as outspoken Catholic leader challenging Trump and injustice

NewsWorldEuropePope Leo marks first year as outspoken Catholic leader challenging Trump and injusticeThe pontiff’s increasingly vocal stance has attracted criticism from Mr Trump after speaking out against the U.S.-Israeli war on IranJoshua McElwee Wednesday 06 May 2026 09:22 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":"b2971273","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/pope-leo-xiv-trump-anniversary-catholic-b2971273.html","title":"Pope Leo marks first year as outspoken global leader challenging Trump and injustice"}}ClosePope Leo downplays feud with TrumpOn The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly international news dispatchEmail*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_On_The_Ground_Newsletter","regTitle":"On The Ground","subscriptionGroup":"on_the_ground","subscriptionGroupId":"14806361-6435-4d19-b06e-05326605fb01","pathPrefix":["/news/world/europe","/news/world/middle-east","/news/world/australasia","/news/world/africa","/asia"],"associatedAuthors":["Bel Trew","Sam Kiley"],"title":"On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents","mobileTitle":"Get a weekly international news dispatch","lengthenedMobileTitle":"Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/onTheGround1_1.png","newsletterKey":"receiveOnTheGround","regSourceSection":"Europe","regSourceMethod":"NSCs"}}Pope Leo marks his first anniversary leading the Catholic C...