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Al Jazeera English • April 18, 2026 08:10

Pope Leo heads to Angola in landmark Africa visit amid Trump clash

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Leo is the third pontiff to visit the fossil fuel-rich country after John Paul II in 1992 and Benedict XVI in 2009.

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US agrees to unfreeze Iranian assets in foreign banks

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Pope Leo’s Challenge in Cameroon: Show African Catholics How Much They Matter

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Bomb threat at home of Pope Leo's brother: Police

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Vance tells Pope Leo to 'be careful', Homan says 'leave politics alone'

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Pope Leo says 'we can live in peace' amid spat with Trump

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Vance wades into Trump's feud with Pope Leo

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Vance says 'ball is in the Iranian court'

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Rubio pulls green cards of 3 Iranian immigrants with alleged ties to regime

The Trump administration has revoked green cards for three more Iranian immigrants with alleged ties to the regime, a week after arresting two relatives of slain Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani. …

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Iran just sentenced four protesters to death. Why hasn’t Pope Leo criticized Iran?

One might never know it by the rhetoric of Pope Leo XIV, but the Islamic theocracy that rules over Iran is a brutal regime. The country is regularly linked to …

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The open feud between President Donald Trump and Pope Leo XIV has plunged the country into a novel phenomenon, marking a new low for the Vatican’s relationship with the United …

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Pope Leo says world is being ‘ravaged’ by ‘tyrants’ after feud with Trump

Pope Leo XIV warned that the world is being “ravaged by tyrants” after engaging this week in a feud with President Donald Trump over the war in Iran. “The world …

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Pope Leo attacked Trump first, on several occasions, not the other way around

Much has been made about the recent social media post made by President Donald Trump criticizing Pope Leo XIV as being “WEAK on Crime, and terrible for Foreign Policy.” In …

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Rubio terminates green cards of three Iranian nationals tied to ‘Screaming Mary’

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Saturday the termination of the green cards of three Iranian nationals who are connected to an infamous propagandist, known as “Screaming Mary.” Masoumeh …

Washington Post

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Vance praises Trump, while subtly differentiating himself at Georgia event

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