It’s been a hell of a week for American Catholics. It began Sunday night, with the president of the United States calling Pope Leo XIV “WEAK on crime” and “terrible for foreign policy,” in a long rant on Truth Social. (The Pontiff had criticized Donald Trump’s threat that, unless Iran opened the Strait of Hormuz, “a whole civilization will die.”) The Pope was not cowed; on Monday, he said he will “continue to speak out loudly against war,” and that he has “no fear” of the administration.