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No fear: The pope Trump cannot silence

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No fear: The pope Trump cannot silence In a previous column (“Exiting the trap,” Inquirer, 3/22/26), I wrote that perhaps someone like the pope could perform the vital function of moral diplomacy to stop the United States-Israeli war on Iran. I had only the vaguest idea then of how Pope Leo XIV might handle that role, or with what consequence. Now we know. We have seen, in vivid and at times surre...
The strongest version of this narrative is that Pope Leo XIV represents a rare and principled moral counterweight to unchecked political power, particularly in the context of war. His American identity lends credibility to his critique, making it difficult for Trump to dismiss as foreign interference. The pope’s refusal to engage in personal attacks—instead focusing on the moral implications of war—contrasts sharply with Trump’s escalation from policy criticism to symbolic self-aggrandizement. T...