Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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With Pope Leo feuding with US President Trump, you might be asking what popes have intervened in politics at other turning points in history. Quite a lot, as it turns out. Popes have long influenced politics, whether confronting world leaders, backing social movements, or weighing in on major moral issues.

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