Pope Leo to Trump: ‘There Is a Better Way’

Mr. Wakin is a senior staff editor for Opinion. He reported from Rome.

One world leader is immune to threats from President Trump.

He has no worries about jacked-up tariffs. His tiny spot of a state lacks an Arctic land mass to be coveted. He’s not part of a military alliance that can be sundered on a whim. A Venezuelan-style kidnapping is highly unlikely. Taking on Mr. Trump, in a spiritual sort of way, can even be seen as part of his job description.

This statesman — the term is the least important part of his job portfolio — is Pope Leo XIV, the Vicar of Christ, supreme pontiff of the universal church and, especially after this week, the........

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