The silence is over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After days of blistering attacks from President Donald Trump, Pope Leo has finally answered back<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2013 and his response is nothing like the political brawl Trump seemed to invite.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pope Leo\u2019s answer to Trump\u2019s tirade is striking precisely because it refuses to mirror the fury aimed at him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
While Trump painted him as \u201cweak on Crime\u201d and dangerous on foreign policy, the pope <\/p>\n\n\n\n
declined to trade insults, insisting he would not \u201cget into a debate\u201d with the president or allow the Gospel to be \u201cabused\u201d for political point\u2011scoring. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Instead, he returned, again and again, to the human cost of war: the children, the elderly, the sick, the nameless civilians whose lives are shattered far from podiums and cameras.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He vowed to keep speaking \u201cloudly against war,\u201d defending dialogue and international cooperation even as he is mocked for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In doing so, Leo drew a clear line between spiritual witness and political loyalty. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
His message was simple, and quietly confrontational: true strength is not in domination, but in defending life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a world addicted to spectacle, he chose conscience over combat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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