Disagreements over war, migration, and human dignity have strained relations between Pope Leo XIV and President Donald Trump, making a papal visit to the United States unlikely for the foreseeable future.
The growing tensions between US President Donald Trump and Pope Leo XIV have drawn global attention and raised questions about the widening gap between American politics and the Catholic Church.
Benjamin Dahlke, a theologian and expert on the United States, is professor of dogmatics and the history of dogma at the Theological Faculty of the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt in Bavaria, Germany.
In an interview with Renardo Schlegelmilch, Dahlke argues that disagreements over migration and human dignity lie at the heart of the tensions, making a papal visit to the United States unlikely in the near future.
