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The US president accuses Leo of being "weak on crime and terrible for foreign policy".
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Donald Trump accused the pontiff of being "WEAK on Crime and terrible for Foreign Policy" in a Truth Social post, later telling reporters he was "not a big fan".
The Pope told reporters en route to Algeria that he did not want to get into a debate with Trump but would continue to speak out against war.
He has been a staunch critic of the Iran war, calling Trump's threat to destroy Iranian civilisation "unacceptable" and calling for him to find an "off-ramp" to end the conflict.
In general, it is rare for a pope to directly address statements by world leaders.
There are more than 70 million Catholics in the US, about 20% of the population. They include Trump's Vice-President JD Vance.
Trump's remarks came as the pontiff embarked on an 11-day trip to Africa, his second major foreign trip since being elected last year.
The US president wrote in Sunday's post that the Pope "should get his act together" and said he was "weak on nuclear weapons", apparently referring to Tehran's attempts to become a nuclear power, cited as one of the reasons for the US and Israel going to war with Iran.
He also suggested that the pontiff was elected "because he was American, and they thought that would be the best way to deal with President Donald J Trump".
"If I wasn't in the White House, Leo wouldn't be in the Vatican."
Asked by reporters to explain the post, he later said: "I don't think he's doing a very good job, he likes crime, I guess."
Trump added: "He's a very liberal person, and he's a man who doesn't believe in stopping crime, he's a man who doesn't believe we should be toying with a country that wants a nuclear weapon so they can blow up the world."
In response, the Pope told reporters on board his plane
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