The Holy War of Words

Nick Anderson

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The Holy War of Words

Thu, May 7, 2026 • 6:36 PM

It takes a special kind of diplomatic genius to pick a fight with the pope. Not a political rival. Not a foreign adversary. Not even a cable news host. The pope. And yet here we are, watching the Trump administration engage in a transatlantic war of words with Pope Leo XIV, a conflict that manages to be both geopolitically consequential and faintly ridiculous.

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