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The leader of the United States is feuding with the leader of the Catholic Church. President Donald Trump has repeatedly attacked Pope Leo over the latter’s criticisms of the war against Iran. President Trump called Pope Leo "weak on crime," said he should “get his act together as Pope" and that the only reason he was in the Vatican is because Trump won the 2024 election. Since then, he has said he is not engaged in a fight with the Pope, but has the "right to disagree with” him. Christopher White, the associate director of Georgetown University’s Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life and author of "Pope Leo XIV: Inside the Conclave and the Dawn of a New Papacy," joined "Forbes Newsroom" to discuss.

Watch the full interview above.