"When Trump posts a picture of himself as Jesus with all sorts of strange imagery, even many of his supporters issue statements suggesting they are weary of this circus, of which he is undoubtedly the ringmaster. I mean, when you are taking on the pope, it seems like it may be time to send in the clowns. Unfortunately, they are already in the cabinet. ...
Trump has lost control of the narrative."
~ Elliot Kirschner
#Trump #JDVance #PopeLeo #Catholics #evangelicals
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"The now-infamous Trump-as-Jesus image triggered an instantaneous blowback from many in his white Christian base, compelling him to take it down and confirming this was not some genius strategy. He wouldn’t, however, apologize to the Vatican, showing where Catholics stand in the MAGA hierarchy."
"Assuming a clever strategy behind objectively demented conduct is the equivalent of sane washing, that is, straining to attribute rational motives to someone behaving irrationally. Trump is deeply unwell, becoming more so as he experiences serial failures and finds his bully routine no longer works (on Iran, Europe, or the Pope)."
~ Jennifer Rubin
#Trump #JDVance #PopeLeo #Catholics #evangelicals #MAGA
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Pope Leo echoes Pope John Paul IIJennifer Rubin (The Contrarian)
"Alienating Catholics is not the smartest move: they are the US’s biggest religious swing voters."
~ Arwa Mahdawi
#Trump #JDVance #PopeLeo #Catholics #evangelicals #MAGA
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The president’s attack on the head of the Catholic church and the AI depiction of himself as a Christ-like figure have not gone down well with one of the largest groups of swing voters in the US, writes Arwa MahdawiArwa Mahdawi (the Guardian)
#Trump escalated threats against #Iran power plants, bridges & other infrastructure in an expletive-laden post on Truth Social on #Easter morning.
“Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran,” Trump posted. “There will be nothing like it!!! Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell — JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah.”
The profane threat, landed a few hours after #PopeLeo XIV issued a call for nations to choose #peace.
Paul Moses focuses on how "border czar" Tom Homan's Catholicism, with its fervent support for Trump-Miller's ethnic-cleansing crusade, clashes with the Caatholicism of Popes Leo and Francis and the US Catholic bishops aligned with those popes.
#Trump #StephenMiller #TomHoman #EthnicCleansing #immigrants #PopeLeo
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Francis X. Rocca notes that for years now, the US Catholic bishops have pushed "right-coded concerns," notably, an anti-abortion message. But with Popes Francis and Leo, they are now slowly aligning themselves to oppose the cruelty of Trump's ethnic-cleansing program — though many Catholics (notably white ones) continue supporting that program.
#Trump #StephenMiller #EthnicCleansing #immigrants #PopeLeo
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Trump’s second term has transformed the priorities of the American Catholic hierarchy.Francis X. Rocca (The Atlantic)
These words (in /2) are a direct rebuke to those like the US Secretary of War Hegseth, who distort and pervert Christian faith to justify the unjustifiable, praying repeatedly, as Hegseth did again publicly this week asking for God to bless "overwhelming violence" in Trump's illegal war of choice against Iran.
#PopeLeo #Trump #PeteHegseth #Iran #war #violence #Christianity #WhiteChristianNationalism
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In his Palm Sunday homily today, Pope Leo said:
"This is our God: Jesus, King of Peace, who rejects war, whom no one can use to justify war. (Jesus) does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them, saying: 'Even though you make many prayers, I will not listen: your hands are full of blood.'"
#PopeLeo #Trump #PeteHegseth #Iran #war #violence #Christianity #WhiteChristianNationalism
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The Pope said God rejects the prayers of leaders who initiate wars and possess ‘hands full of blood’Joshua McElwee (The Independent)
If Trump should disappear in a puff of smoke, you'll know why now.....
Pope Leo to host exorcist summit at the Vatican over fears of worldwide surge in Satanism
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #popeleo
"On Sunday, the Archbishop told the BBC 'Sunday' show that if the Trump administration ordered the military to take control of the semi-autonomous Danish territory, he was worried that U.S. service members 'could be put in a situation where they’re being ordered to do something that’s morally questionable.'”
"Nicole Winfield and Giovanna Dell’Orto of the Associated Press reported that the cardinals spoke up after a meeting at the Vatican in which several fellow cardinals expressed alarm about the administration’s actions. Cupich said that when the U.S. can be portrayed as saying '"might makes right"—that’s a troublesome development. There’s the rule of law that should be followed.'”
"Today three top American Catholic cardinals, Blase Cupich of Chicago, Robert McElroy of Washington, D.C., and Joseph Tobin of Newark, New Jersey, issued a joint statement warning the Trump administration that its military action in Venezuela, threats against Greenland, and cuts to foreign aid risk bringing vast suffering to the world."
~ Heather Cox Richardson
#Trump #Greenland #Catholic #PopeLeo
/22
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Late last night, Nick Schifrin of PBS NewsHour posted on social media that the staff of the U.S.Heather Cox Richardson (Letters from an American)
Pope Leo criticizes those Catholics who believe that Muslim mass-immigration to Europe is a threat to the West’s Christian identity:
He says that Lebanon is an example of how “Christians and Muslims can live together and be friends”
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #PopeLeo
Pope Leo On The Move!
The Pope Mobile on its way to Lebanon!
After his visit to Turkiye, the Pope will next visit Lebanon.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Lebanon #PopeLeo
Pope Leo XIV met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for the first time on Thursday, and they discussed the urgent need to provide assistance to civilians in Gaza and pursue a two-state solution to end the conflict in the regionAfricanews
Since the MAGA trolls have hopped onto this thread, I've closed commenting with apologies for people genuinely interested in valid conversation.
#PopeLeo #Christianity #MAGA #Republicans #food #hunger #children #cruelty
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"MAGA Catholic influencers are cheering the cutoff of food stamps — even as Catholic bishops, backed by Pope Leo XIV, plead for a restoration of benefits and mobilize the Church to feed those in need."
~ Christopher Hale
#PopeLeo #Christianity #MAGA #Republicans #food #hunger #children #cruelty
/4
Yesterday, Pope Leo posted the statement below (it's from his Dilexi te) on Twitter (aka X), and MAGA went wild plastering the posting with enraged comments. Someone shared this tweet in a Reddit posting devoted to Christianity and enraged MAGA posted so many hateful comments that Reddit took the posting down.
MAGA wants to wrap the cruelty of denying food to children in Jesus. Leo begs to differ.
#PopeLeo #Christianity #MAGA #Republicans #food #hunger #children #cruelty
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"The conclusion Leo draws is that the Catholic Church’s 'preferential option for the poor' has existed from the start, is non-negotiable and is the very essence of what it means to be Christian."
#PopeLeo #Trump #migrants #immigrants #EconomicDisparity #poverty #EconomicElites
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"Pope Leo XIV criticized how the wealthy live in a 'bubble of comfort and luxury' while poor people suffer on the margins, confirming in his first teaching document that he is in perfect lockstep with his predecessor Pope Francis on matters of social and economic injustice."
~ Nicole Winfield
#PopeLeo #Trump #migrants #immigrants #EconomicDisparity #poverty #EconomicElites
/8
"That notion, linked to liberation theology, holds that the church must give special concern and priority to the needs of the poor, the marginalized and the oppressed."
#PopeLeo #Trump #migrants #immigrants #EconomicDisparity #poverty #EconomicElites
/7
"'I am convinced that the preferential choice for the poor is a source of extraordinary renewal both for the Church and for society,' the pope wrote, echoing the language of Latin American liberation theologians who coined the term 'preferential option for the poor.'"
~ Justin McLellan
#PopeLeo #Trump #migrants #immigrants #EconomicDisparity #poverty #EconomicElites
/6
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"I am convinced that the preferential choice for the poor is a source of extraordinary renewal both for the church and for society," the pope wrote in Dilexi Te.Justin McLellan (National Catholic Reporter)
"Church teachings since the Gospels have put care for the poor at their core, Leo wrote, and he addressed the recent sharp rise in inequality."
~ Elisabetta Povoledo
#PopeLeo #Trump #migrants #immigrants #EconomicDisparity #poverty #EconomicElites
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"In other words, Pope Leo reaffirmed what Jesus preached 2,000 years ago and condemned the American MAGA-evangelical twisted bullshit."
~ David Ginsburg
#PopeLeo #Trump #migrants #immigrants #EconomicDisparity #poverty #EconomicElites
/4
"This is not a matter of mere human kindness but a revelation: contact with those who are lowly and powerless is a fundamental way of encountering the Lord of history. In the poor, he continues to speak to us."
#PopeLeo #Trump #migrants #immigrants #EconomicDisparity #poverty #EconomicElites
/3
"Love for the Lord, then, is one with love for the poor. The same Jesus who tells us, 'The poor you will always have with you' (Mt 26:11), also promises the disciples: 'I am with you always' (Mt 28:20). We likewise think of his saying: 'Just as you did it to one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did it to me' (Mt 25:40)."
~ Pope Leo
#PopeLeo #Trump #migrants #immigrants #EconomicDisparity #poverty #EconomicElites
/2
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APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION DILEXI TE OF THE HOLY FATHER LEO XIV TO ALL CHRISTIANS ON LOVE FOR THE POOR [ Multimedia ] _____________________www.vatican.va
"Pope Leo told U.S. bishops visiting him at the Vatican on Wednesday that they should firmly address how immigrants are being treated by President Donald Trump's hardline policies, attendees said, in the latest push by the pontiff on the issue."
~ Joshua McElwee
#PopeLeo #Trump #migrants #immigrants #EconomicDisparity #poverty #EconomicElites
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#Papst #Popeleo #PresseFreiheit #Trump
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