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About an hr aft 60 Minutes did a conception connected Pope Leo and U.S. cardinals opposing Donald Trump‘s Iran war and migration policies, nan president posted a Truth Social tirade astir nan Holy Father.
In a uncommon and possibly unprecedented onslaught by a president connected nan leader of nan Catholic church, Trump called Leo “weak connected crime” and “terrible for overseas policy,” and suggested that nan pontiff was chosen to “deal with” his presidency.
Trump posted, “If I wasn’t successful nan White House, Leo wouldn’t beryllium successful nan Vatican.”
He added, “I don’t want a Pope who criticizes nan President of nan United States because I’m doing precisely what I was elected, IN A LANDSLIDE, to do, mounting Record Low Numbers successful Crime, and creating nan Greatest Stock Market successful History.”
After posting nan attack, Trump told reporters, “I don’t deliberation he’s doing a very bully job. He likes crime I guess.”
This past week, Leo condemned Trump’s threat connected Tuesday that a “whole civilization will dice tonight” unless Iran agreed to a woody to extremity nan warfare and reopen nan Strait of Hormuz. The pope not only called nan remark “truly unacceptable,” but urged group to “contact nan authorities — governmental leaders, congressmen — to inquire them, show them to activity for bid and to cull warfare always.” It’s been astir a twelvemonth since Robert Prevost became nan first American chosen arsenic Pope.
The 60 Minutes segment featured Norah O’Donnell’s question and reply pinch Cardinal Joseph Tobin of Newark, Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago and Cardinal Robert McElroy of Washington.
McElroy said of Iran, “It’s an barbaric regime, and it should beryllium removed. But this is simply a warfare of prime that we went to, and I deliberation it’s embedded successful a wider infinitesimal successful nan United States that’s worrying, which is this: We’re seeing earlier america nan anticipation of warfare aft warfare aft war.”
Cupich has called nan White House societal media posts connected nan warfare — which intersperse clips of bombings pinch scenes from movies — “sickening.”
Tobin, meanwhile, has called Immigrations and Custom Enforcement a “lawless organization.”
The conception besides highlighted Leo’s outspokenness connected nan warfare and his clasp of migrants, putting him astatine likelihood pinch nan Trump administration. The 60 Minutes conception noted that aft Leo said retired against Trump’s subject action successful Venezuela, nan Vatican’s ambassador to nan U.S. was called to nan Pentagon for a meeting.
“Two religion officials described to 60 Minutes as unpleasant and contentious,” O’Donnell said.
Last week, The Free Press, founded by CBS News editor successful main Bari Weiss, reported that astatine nan meeting, a Pentagon charismatic referred to nan “Avignon papacy,” aliases a play successful nan 14th Century erstwhile nan pope resided successful France nether unit from nan king, King Philip IV.
60 Minutes noted that nan Pentagon and Vatican person since called nan gathering “routine” and “provided an opportunity for an speech of ideas.”
The 60 Minutes conception besides noted an uptick successful converts to Catholicism successful nan U.S., thing Tobin attributed to Leo’s papacy. “Pope Leo is nan correct man astatine this time,” he said.
Trump’s afloat station below:
“Pope Leo is WEAK connected Crime, and unspeakable for Foreign Policy. He talks astir “fear” of nan Trump Administration, but doesn’t mention nan FEAR that nan Catholic Church, and each different Christian Organizations, had during COVID erstwhile they were arresting priests, ministers, and everybody else, for holding Church Services, moreover erstwhile going outside, and being 10 and moreover 20 feet apart. I for illustration his relative Louis overmuch amended than I for illustration him, because Louis is each MAGA. He gets it, and Leo doesn’t! I don’t want a Pope who thinks it’s OK for Iran to person a Nuclear Weapon. I don’t want a Pope who thinks it’s unspeakable that America attacked Venezuela, a Country that was sending monolithic amounts of Drugs into nan United States and, moreover worse, emptying their prisons, including murderers, supplier dealers, and killers, into our Country. And I don’t want a Pope who criticizes nan President of nan United States because I’m doing precisely what I was elected, IN A LANDSLIDE, to do, mounting Record Low Numbers successful Crime, and creating nan Greatest Stock Market successful History. Leo should beryllium thankful because, arsenic everyone knows, he was a shocking surprise. He wasn’t connected immoderate database to beryllium Pope, and was only put location by nan Church because he was an American, and they thought that would beryllium nan champion measurement to woody pinch President Donald J. Trump. If I wasn’t successful nan White House, Leo wouldn’t beryllium successful nan Vatican. Unfortunately, Leo’s Weak connected Crime, Weak connected Nuclear Weapons, does not beryllium good pinch me, nor does nan truth that he meets pinch Obama Sympathizers for illustration David Axelrod, a LOSER from nan Left, who is 1 of those who wanted churchgoers and clerics to beryllium arrested. Leo should get his enactment together arsenic Pope, usage Common Sense, extremity catering to nan Radical Left, and attraction connected being a Great Pope, not a Politician. It’s hurting him very severely and, much importantly, it’s hurting nan Catholic Church! President DONALD J. TRUMP”
