Iran war tips Trump-Pope tension over the edge

Pope Leo XIV and President Trump are escalating a high-stakes clash over immigration and the Iran war, exposing a rare and widening divide between the Vatican and the White House.Why it matters: The standoff pits the Vatican's moral authority against Washington's political and military power as both shape global narratives on war, diplomacy and human dignity.It's one of the sharpest public divides between a pope and a U.S. president in decades, spanning both foreign policy and domestic immigrati...