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Pope Leo XIV is not ‘woke’, nor a Marxist, nor a progressive, nor a leftist.
The Pope is simply a Christian.
When he defends the poor and the innocent, he is following the Gospel.
When he denounces injustice, he is imitating Christ.
When he speaks for the poor, he is repeating word for word the Sermon on the Mount.
Those who are angry at him are not fighting with Pope Leo XIV.
They are fighting with Christ.
Because it was Jesus who said: ‘Whatever you did for the least of my brothers, you did for me.’
Rejecting the Pope for being merciful is not something a Christian does.
The problem is not that Leo XIV has strayed from Christ.
The problem is that some have strayed so far from the Gospel that they no longer recognize it when they see it.
BREAKING: Trump SHOCKS Catholics with a deranged Sunday night attack on Pope Leo, calling him "WEAK," claiming credit for him becoming pope, and accusing him of "hurting the Catholic Church" in a lengthy blasphemous rant.
These sound like the words of the literal Antichrist...
"Pope Leo is WEAK on Crime, and terrible for Foreign Policy. He talks about 'fear' of the Trump Administration, but doesn’t mention the FEAR that the Catholic Church, and all other Christian Organizations, had during COVID when they were arresting priests, ministers, and everybody else, for holding Church Services, even when going outside, and being ten and even twenty feet apart," Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Up until now, Trump has avoided insulting Leo directly despite the pope's vocal criticisms of his Iran War and his brutal treatment of migrants. Over the weekend, Leo again slammed the war and blamed it on a "delusion of omnipotence" while calling for an immediate end to the conflict. Clearly, this time his message struck a nerve.
"I like his brother Louis much better than I like him, because Louis is all MAGA," Trump continued. "He gets it, and Leo doesn’t! I don’t want a Pope who thinks it’s OK for Iran to have a Nuclear Weapon. I don’t want a Pope who thinks it’s terrible that America attacked Venezuela, a Country that was sending massive amounts of Drugs into the United States and, even worse, emptying their prisons, including murderers, drug dealers, and killers, into our Country."
Trump's own intelligence agencies have admitted that Iran was not pursuing nuclear weapons, just like those same agencies have stated that Venezuela was not trafficking large amounts of drugs into the United States. As usual, he's lying.
"And I don’t want a Pope who criticizes the President of the United States because I’m doing exactly what I was elected, IN A LANDSLIDE, to do, setting Record Low Numbers in Crime, and creating the Greatest Stock Market in History," Trump continued.
For the record, it doesn't matter what kind of pope Trump "wants." He's not Catholic and clearly doesn't believe in God at all. His opinion on the papacy is about as relevant as Satan's.
"Leo should be thankful because, as everyone knows, he was a shocking surprise," Trump went on. "He wasn’t on any list to be Pope, and was only put there by the Church because he was an American, and they thought that would be the best way to deal with President Donald J. Trump. If I wasn’t in the White House, Leo wouldn’t be in the Vatican."
Not that it matters to Trump — who clearly doesn't give a damn about offending Catholics — but the Church has never and will never revolve around him. It's a 2000-year-old institution, older than MAGA, older than the United States itself. Popes are chosen to shepherd the faithful towards Jesus Christ, not to pander to American presidents. Not only that, but Catholics believe that the Holy Spirit helps guide the papal election through the College of Cardinals. In his hubris and rage, Trump is spitting on ancient, sacred beliefs.
"Unfortunately, Leo’s Weak on Crime, Weak on Nuclear Weapons, does not sit well with me, nor does the fact that he meets with Obama Sympathizers like David Axelrod, a LOSER from the Left, who is one of those who wanted churchgoers and clerics to be arrested," Trump wrote.
"Leo should get his act together as Pope, use Common Sense, stop catering to the Radical Left, and focus on being a Great Pope, not a Politician. It’s hurting him very badly and, more importantly, it’s hurting the Catholic Church! President DONALD J. TRUMP" the president concluded.
Ironically, Trump is the one filtering these issues through a political lens. Leo is not being a politician. He's being a Christian. True followers of Jesus — not the bloodthirsty Evangelicals who make up the MAGA base — are profoundly anti-war. If Leo were being "political" he wouldn't be speaking out so forcefully on these moral issues. He's defending migrants and innocent people being torn apart by American bombs because it's the right thing to do, even if it means incurring the rage of Republicans.
As for Trump's claim that Leo is hurting the Church, in reality it's flourishing under his leadership. This past Easter, Catholic parishes saw a massive influx of new converts. The average diocese reported a 38% increase compared to last year. In some places those numbers were even more dramatic. The Archdiocese of Los Angeles saw a 139% increase.
Perhaps that's why Trump is so angry at Leo. As the MAGA movement implodes under the weight of an unpopular war launched on Israel's behalf and a worsening Epstein scandal, the Catholic Church under this new pope is blossoming into an era of spiritual rebirth.
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BREAKING: A Catholic priest unleashes a viral takedown of Donald Trump after he attacked Pope Leo and posted an image of himself as Jesus Christ healing a sick man.
This is an absolute must-read for every American...
"You are only a man @realDonaldTrump, and someday you will stand before our Lord Jesus Christ. You claim our Holy Father @Pontifex is weak, but it takes more strength to do what one should rather than simply what one wants," Father Joseph DeMarzo of the Diocese of Paterson, New Jersey wrote on X.
"You intervened in Venezuela under the pretext of stopping drugs and criminals from entering our country, and under Nicolás Maduro you described the regime in terms of narco-terrorism," he continued. "My qualm is the name games you play. Do you think you can simply legitimize actions by denoting terminology to suit your interest? This you did."
"In the same way, you and Benjamin Netanyahu undermine the true meaning of justice through continued acts of unconscionable war crimes, all in the name of 'self-defense,'" Father DeMarzo continued. "But with the Lord, there will be no altering of words and their meaning; all that will be left is the truth of what really happened."
"You call the Holy Father weak because he calls for peace? What is weak is bombing children in Gaza in the name of national interest," he wrote "What is weak is saying this is God’s country, yet by your actions you act as an enemy of the cross."
Father DeMarzo went on to question Trump's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly Operation Warp Speed and the vaccines. He said that "questions and debates" remain about the vaccines and while we don't agree with that assessment, it was Trump who brought up COVID protocols during his attack on Leo. And, as DeMarzo pointed out, Trump was president when COVID hit.
"Inspired by Christian charity, I implore you, repent," the priest wrote. "We are Christ first, not MAGA first. Our first allegiance is to God and His Kingdom. Are you God first or MAGA first? If God first, why do some of your actions betray that truth? If you come after the Church and the Holy Father @Pontifex_de, don’t think I’ll be silent. I only fear God."
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🚨 MAJOR NEWS: Pope Leo XIV just declared the Iran War unjust.
Called it a war crime. Said it is “not solving anything.”
And told Americans directly — call Congress.
End this war.
BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV enrages MAGA by warning against "propaganda" being spread in the midst of the war and demands that the "suffering" of the victims be shown to the world.
Trump has well and truly met his match...
"In the dramatic circumstances of war, information must guard against the risk of turning into propaganda," Leo wrote on X. "It is every journalist's duty to verify the news, so as not to become a megaphone for power. They must show the suffering that war always brings to populations, which entails showing the face of war and recounting it through the eyes of victims."
The remarks come in the wake of Pope Leo's call for a ceasefire in the Middle East because, as he said, "violence can never lead to the justice, the stability and the peace that peoples are awaiting." He has also referred to Trump's illegal Iran War as "atrocious violence."
The pope's condemnation of war propaganda comes amidst a growing effort by the Trump administration to tamp down on unflattering coverage of the conflict. MAGA FCC Chair Brenda Carr has even floated the possibility of going after the broadcast licenses of networks that run "fake news," which translates to any news that Trump doesn't like. The White House wants no coverage of the death that they're inflicting on innocent men, women, and children in Iran and they want no mention of the military bases that Iran is destroying in return. The pope rejects that idea.
Under Leo's leadership, the Catholic Church has become one of the most stalwart bulwarks against MAGA fascism, with a particular focus on the treatment of migrants and the need for peace. The world is lucky to have him during these dark times.
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🚨BREAKING: Rep. Ted Lieu says the full Epstein files contain information that Donald Trump RAPED minors.
So he started a war to distract us from his crimes.
What's your response to Ted Lieu......??👀
MAKE THIS GO VIRAL ON 𝕏. LET’S GO 👏