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In clear, direct language, the pope spent his time in Cameroon denouncing violence, corruption and exploitation, while calling for reconciliation and credible leadership.

Police is conducting “an ongoing and active investigation” of an unsubstantiated bomb threat at the house of one of Pope Leo XIV’s brothers.

“Today your feet are standing on the soil of Bamenda that has drunk the blood of many of our children,” Archbishop Andrew Nkea of Bamenda told the pope. 

More U.S. Catholic bishops are speaking out in defense of Pope Leo XIV after President Donald Trump began denouncing the pope at length on social media and in verbal statements.

Cardinal Robert W. McElroy decried the U.S. war with Iran as “an immoral war,” during a vigil Mass for peace April 11 at his Washington cathedral.

“I have no fear neither of the Trump administration nor speaking out loudly of the message of the Gospel, which is what I believe I am here to do.”

The pope gave his reflections at St. Peter’s Basilica Saturday evening.

An interview with conflict resolution scholar Laurie Nathan of the University of Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies.

Speaking to journalists at Castel Gandolfo April 7, and without naming Trump, Pope Leo called the president’s threat “truly unacceptable.”

The Holy See Press Office confirmed that the pope spoke with Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on April 3.