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Vice President JD Vance told the Vatican to "stick to matters of morality" as the confrontation between President Trump and Pope Leo XIV — the first American-born pope — escalated over the Iran war, an AI-generated image of Trump as Jesus, and reported Pentagon threats invoking medieval church history. Polling shows Trump's approval among Catholic voters has already dropped below 50%, driven by opposition to the Iran conflict, raising questions about whether the feud will accelerate the erosion of a voting bloc that gave Trump a 12-point margin in 2024.