Archbishop of Canterbury backs Pope Leo after spat with Trump - Reuters

"How can you say that God is never on the side of those who wield the sword?"

— JD Vance , Politician

"God does not bless any conflict. Anyone who is a disciple of Christ, the Prince of Peace, is never on the side of those who once wielded the sword and today drop bombs."

— Pope Leo XIV , Other

"His writings, his teaching, his spirituality, his invitation to search for God and to search for truth is something that is very much needed today."

— Pope Leo XIV , Other

"Although we have different beliefs, we have different ways of worshiping, we have different ways of living, we can live together in peace."

— Pope Leo XIV , Other

"I have no fear of neither the Trump administration nor of speaking out loudly about the message of the Gospel."

— Pope Leo XIV , Other

"I’m not a big fan of Pope Leo."

— Donald Trump , Politician

"In the Christian faith, this is considered blasphemy: depicting yourself as Christ, elevating yourself to the level of Christ."

— Alyssa Farah Griffin , Influencer

"To invoke God for a war of choice is just wrong."

— Rev. Thomas Reese , Academic

"I was utterly shocked to read President Trump's remarks about the pope. Nowhere in modern history have we witnessed such verbal recklessness against an institution as revered as the papacy."

— Blaise Bebey Abong , Other

"Public insults is not the way to go. The Church often encourages responding to hostility with restraint rather than escalation, and I commend the pope for exercising restraint."

— Kwaku Amoah , Other

"The church has endured emperors, revolutions, and ideological storms. It will endure this moment as well, but endurance is not the same as indifference."

— Cardinal Stephen Brislin , Activist