Pope Leo Clarifies Stance on Trump, Peace Push Continues

0:00It's April 18th, welcome to U.S. News Today, powered by AI, Encore with the story. Pope Leo, the first American pontiff, just cleared the air on Trump's recent jabs during a flight from Cameroon to Angola. He stressed his calls for peace come straight from the gospel, not as shots of the president, amid all the headlines dominating the news cycle this week. Trump hit back hard, calling Leo soft on crime, and too aligned with the left, even claiming credit for his election. Leo's been steady on this, slamming threats like wiping out Iranian civilization as totally out of line, while pushing dialogue over destruction. The media frenzy turned Leo's words into a direct debate, but he explained those remarks from a piece of an in Cameroon's war-torn bemenda wear. Drafted two weeks earlier, way before Trump's fire, he's also called out groups like the Russian Orthodox Church for framing wars as holy, showing his message targets war mongers everywhere, not anyone. Leader, moving forward, Leo's keeping his focus on Africa as a shepherd for Catholics,

1:03celebrating and supporting folks there, while sticking to his peace. Preaching No Matter The Noise.