Sad, but unsurprising. Trump is not one to sit in silence while being attacked and it is hard not to conclude that Leo has nothing but disdain for him. I was happy when I head that an American was chosen as Pope. I should have known better. More from Trump on the Pope:
Tonight Trump handed the Democrats a sword that they will use against him and Republicans for years. Mean tweets is one thing; this is simple madness.
I usually agree with a lot of Damian Thompson’s takes on news in the Church, but not in this case. President Trump’s laundry list of things our Pope is bungling isn’t an “attack”, it’s just a recitation of unvarnished truths. And if the truth makes some parties uncomfortable, that’s their problem, not the messenger’s.
To an extent I agree with you, but it is political madness for Trump to be the messenger.
I agree with you, Donald, insofar as I’d rather Trump waited until after these upcoming midterm elections to lob incendiaries at Pope Leo.
At any rate, if this Pope elects to visit the US during this administration, it would be fascinating to be a fly on the wall when (if) he and the President meet in private…
It is shocking, no holds barred, uncouth, unprecedented (at least in recent centuries) but I
Need To Ask…
“Is the President statement in any respect an utterance of falsehood(s)?”
I agree with what Trump wrote, but I wish he had not written it. Both he and Pope Leo XIV should be more circumspect in public. But Leo started it. He goaded Trump and I think he intended to do that. He’s nothing other than a smarter and nicer version of his heretical predecessor.
I know whatever I say won’t change anyone’s mind, but I am with Pope Leo 100%.
It seems President Trump’s comments has opened the floodgates for anti-Catholic rants on social media. Well, people’s true colors are coming out, and some of the most anti-Leo/Catholic comments are from Catholics themselves. It’s like victims of abuse siding with their abuser.
It’s sad situation and what it calls for is not more snarky comments, but prayer and reparation for both President Trump and Pope Leo.
No, this isn’t a disaster nor is it a sword to be sued ‘for years’. It’ll be forgotten in two months except by the principals.
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I agree with what I believe Art Deco to be saying— this isn’t going to drive MAGA and Catholic Americans into the arms of the Left, nor will it make American leftists question their allegiance. This tempest is firmly in a teapot.
That said, both by siccing the three sleaziest Cardinals in America on this administration, and by its partisan choice in whom it chooses to denounce in this Iran conflict, Rome has probably forever shredded any goodwill this administration might have had. Pope Leo and our feckless USCCB would do well to never need this administration’s goodwill in any matter going forward.