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Top Vatican cardinal calls Trump's attacks on Pope Leo 'strange'

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Top Vatican cardinal calls Trump's attacks on Pope Leo 'strange'
By Joshua McElwee ROME, May 6 (Reuters) - A senior Vatican cardinal on Wednesday called U.S. President Donald Trump's disparaging attacks on Pope Leo over the Iran war "strange," a day before the U.S. Secretary of State is due to hold talks with the pope. Asked how he evaluated the attacks by Trump of Leo, Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin responded: "For me it seems a bit strange, to say the least." "I wouldn't want to get into judgments or personal evaluations about this," the cardinal told journalists outside an event near the Vatican.
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