Pope Leo urges temperance in new letter after Trump and JD Vance attacks

NewsWorldAmericasUS politicsPope Leo urges temperance in new letter after Trump and JD Vance attacksThe pope has said he plans to keep criticizing the war despite Trump's commentsJoshua McElwee Tuesday 14 April 2026 15:59 BSTBookmarkBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":false,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2957474","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/pope-trump-letter-vatican-iran-war-b2957474.html","title":"Pope urges temperance in new letter after Trump and JD Vance attacks"}}CloseA timeline of Trump and Pope Leo's escalating feud over Iran warSign 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 has warned of the risk of democracies sliding into "majoritarian tyranny" in a l...