The Vatican has responded to President Donald Trump's attacks against Pope Leo XIV. In a post on X, Father Antonio Spadaro writes: "Donald Trump is targeting Pope Leo XIV and in doing so reveals a deeper unease. When political power turns against a moral voice, it often happens because it cannot bear it. Trump is not debating Leo; he is pleading for him to return to a language he can control. But the Pope speaks another language, which cannot be transformed into the grammar of power, security, or national interest," says Spadaro. "In this sense, the attack is a declaration of impotence. Unable to absorb that voice, power tries to delegitimize it. However, by doing so, it implicitly acknowledges its weight. If Leo were insignificant, he would not deserve a single word. On the contrary, he is mentioned, named, opposed—a sign that his words matter. Here, the moral strength of the Church emerges. Not as a counterpower, but as a space in which power is judged by a standard it does not control. Leo does not respond on the terrain of polemics, and precisely for this reason, he remains beyond its reach. He is free. And this freedom, unarmed and disarming, is perhaps what is most unsettling. At the same time, it is what matters most," he concludes.