US EditionNew York cardinal takes Trump to task over AI pope image: ‘Wasn’t good’
- President Donald Trump shared an AI-generated image depicting himself as the pope on his Truth Social account late in the week, shortly following his attendance at Pope Francis's funeral in early May 2025.
- This posting followed Pope Francis's death last month at age 88 and coincided with tensions as cardinals prepare for a conclave to elect his successor.
- The White House reposted the image on its official X account, prompting outrage on social media and clear displeasure from New York Catholic bishops.
- Cardinal Timothy Dolan described the AI-generated photo posted by President Trump as "not good" and referred to it as a "brutta figura," but he did not take a clear position on whether Trump or the White House should issue an apology.
- The episode highlights divisions between political satire and religious respect, while some observers like Californian John Smith view Trump's actions as humorous amid a lost sense of comedy.
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President’s Papal Prank Precedes Pious Périodiste’s Pontification
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Portland Press HeraldPresident’s pope post was heinous, not humorous
As practicing Catholics, we were deeply offended by President Trump’s recent post on the White House’s X account of a photoshopped picture of him posing as the new pope. Blasphemous, cruel, insensitive, infantile and mocking are words that come to mind. While 1.4 billion Catholics are still in a period of mourning, the president of […]
David Tennant makes ‘antichrist’ swipe at Donald Trump AI image
David Tennant took a swipe at Donald Trump after the US president posted an AI-generated image of himself as the Pope on social media while hosting Have I Got News for You on Friday (9 May). The image — an unsmiling Trump sat in an ornate chair, dressed in white papal vestments and headdress — was shared by the official accounts of both the Republican and the White House. “There was quite a week for the Catholic church as they got a new Pope an…
Letter: ‘Pope’ Trump is offensive
At first, I thought the artificial intelligence picture of Donald John Trump as the new pope must have been produced by an anti-Trump buffoon. Instead, as I read on, sadly, I discovered it was shared by Trump and the White House itself, just as the Catholic cardinals are meeting to choose a new pope. Read more...
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