US EditionNew Pope previously shared criticism of Trump administration on social media
- Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost from Chicago, was elected Thursday as the first American leader of the Catholic Church.
- His election followed many years of activity on X, beginning in 2011, where he frequently shared and reshared content in multiple languages, including critiques of the Trump administration and Vice President JD Vance regarding their stances on immigration policies and matters related to faith.
- Leo XIV's social media includes sharing articles denouncing wrongful deportations and Trump-era policies, as well as messages supporting gun control, opposing abortion, the death penalty, and gender ideology in schools.
- Vance, a 2019 Catholic convert and the most prominent American Catholic politician, congratulated the new pope and predicted millions would pray for his leadership, though Leo XIV previously shared content critical of Vance's views on 'ordo amoris'.
- Leo XIV's social media activity has drawn Vatican attention and criticism from figures like Romano Prodi for political interference, implying his papacy will involve notable interactions between church and politics.
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Teddy Roosevelt had some words of wisdom pertinent today
For those wavering Republicans who are beginning to doubt their loyalty to President Donald Trump, perhaps the following quote from a very strong former president can be of service.“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic, and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American people.” - Theodore Roosevelt.
The first pontiff of that nationality arrives at a time of extraordinary complexity and tension in the Church of the country.Relations with Donald Trump's government and challenges facing the fall of the image of the Catholic Church.
Man of his time, Pope Leo XIV has his own views on the most recent political events in his country of birth, the United States. And in this age of omnipresent social networks, his positions have been publicly recorded, provoking growing indignation in some sectors of the most militant Trumpism.
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