Will an American Pope ever go head-to-head with an American president? What a bizarre scenario — but in the greatly unsettled and uncertain world in which we now live, such a confrontation cannot be entirely ruled out. But to what end?
For starters, on his form so far, marked by disdain for convention, protocol, and a rules-based order — not to mention moral norms — there is no reason to believe that President Trump would even listen to Pope Leo XIV, let alone pay heed.