President Donald Trump lashed out at Pope Leo XIV after his criticism of the war in Iran and the tangling of church and state shows the key voting block of American Catholics is slipping for Trump. NBC’s Raf Sanchez reports in this week’s Sunday Focus.

Pope Leo has responded to repeated claims by President Donald Trump that the religious leader supports Iran having a nuclear weapon.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio came to the Vatican on Thursday for a potentially fraught ‌encounter with Pope Leo as President Donald Trump has continued a series of disparaging attacks on the Catholic leader over the Iran war.

President Donald Trump is asked by a reporter about his disagreements over Iran with Pope Leo XIV.

President Trump is again threatening to drop more bombs on Iran, after reports that an agreement is emerging to end the war. The president also renewed his attacks on Pope Leo XIV over the war.

Pope Leo XIV has denied accusations levied by President Donald Trump that he supports Iran having nuclear weapons.

The president and Pope Leo are trading pointed remarks again over the Iran war, days before Secretary of State Marco Rubio's Vatican visit this week.

U.S. Secretary of State ⁠Marco ⁠Rubio will meet Pope Leo at the ⁠Vatican on Thursday, in a potentially fraught encounter as President Donald Trump has continued ​a series of disparaging attacks on the Catholic leader over the Iran war.