Pope Leo XIV has publicly responded after President Donald Trump made baseless claims that the Chicago-born pontiff supports Iran’s nuclear weapons program. The president doubled down on his attacks on the pope on Monday,

About two months after Robert Francis Prevost, a Chicago-born cardinal, became Pope Leo XIV in Vatican City, he put in a call to his bank back home, a close friend, the Rev. Tom McCarthy, told a gathering of Catholics in Naperville, Ill., last week.

The president accused the pontiff of endangering Catholics just days before Secretary of State Marco Rubio is scheduled to meet with Leo at the Vatican.

President Donald Trump reignited his feud with Pope Leo XIV by accusing the pontiff of “endangering a lot of Catholics. ” This accusation came after Trump falsely claimed that the pope believes Iran should be allowed to have a nuclear weapon.

Before leading more than a billion Catholics worldwide, Pope Leo XIV was just another customer trying to update his bank details — and even saying “I’m the Pope” reportedly did not help.

Pope Leo XIV receives gifts from visitors from all over the world every year, but a newly identified insect may be the first papal tribute of its kind. In the journal Nota Lepidop

Pope Leo XIV, the first pope from America, is getting high marks from Catholics as his tenure hits the one-year mark amid clashes with Donald Trump.

Pope Leo marks one year as pontiff in May. Here's what North Jersey Catholics told us about his progressive views and critiques of U.S. policy.