"I will not enter into a debate. The things I say are not intended as attacks on anyone," Pope Leo told reporters on the plane. He called on all people to seek ways to build bridges of peace and reconciliation, to find ways to avoid war whenever possible. The Pope promised that he would "continue with what I believe is the mission of the Church in today's world." "I have no fear of the Trump administration nor of proclaiming the message of the Gospel loudly, which is what I believe I am here to do, what the Church is here to do. We are not politicians, we do not engage in foreign policy from the same perspective from which he might understand it. But I believe in the message of the Gospel, as a peacemaker," he said.