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- President Donald Trump posted crude, indecorous social-media messages about Pope Leo.
- Pope Leo condemned U.S. and Israeli actions against Iran’s nuclear program, emphasized a pacifist view that war opposes Christian teaching, and was criticized by commentators for selective condemnation and humanitarian language.
- Scholars invoked Augustine’s just-war theory and cited Charles de Gaulle to argue that moral order may sometimes require armed resistance against tyranny.
